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A  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS  IN 

THE  LIBRARIES  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CHICAGO 


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A  DESCRIPTIVE 

CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS  IN  THE 

LIBRARIES  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CHICAGO 


PREPARED  BY 

EDGAR  J.  GOODSPEED 

WITH  THE  ASSISTANCE  OF 

MARTIN  SPRENGLING 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO  PRESS 
CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS 


COPTRIGHT  1912  By 
The  University  of  Chicago 


All  Rights  Reserved 


Published  June  1912 


Composed  and  Printed  By 

The  University  of  Chicago  Press 

Chicago,  Illinois,  U.S.A. 


INTRODUCTORY  NOTE 

This  Catalogue  is  the  result  of  the  conviction  that  the  possession  of 
manuscripts  of  even  a  moderate  antiquity  carries  with  it  the  responsibility  of 
publishing  some  account  of  them  for  the  use  of  scholars.  It  has  also  been 
our  belief  that  a  descriptive  catalogue  will  make  the  manuscripts  now  in  the 
University's  possession  more  useful  to  the  departments  to  which  they  relate, 
and  that  the  only  way  to  build  up  a  notable  collection  of  manuscripts  in  the 
University  is  to  make  the  most  of  what  we  have. 

Not  all  indeed  that  the  University  now  possesses  in  the  way  of  manu- 
scripts is  here  included.  The  Greek  papyri  in  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  we 
have  been  obliged  to  reserve  for  separate  treatment,  although  the  inclusion 
of  those  texts  from  the  Ptolemaic  and  Roman  periods,  some  of  them  unpub- 
lished, would  have  enriched  this  volume.  The  East  Indian  and  other  valuable 
oriental  manuscripts  belonging  to  Haskell  Museum  we  have  left  untouched. 
Since  the  completion  of  our  work  upon  this  Catalogue,  too,  new  collections 
including  valuable  autograph  letters  have  been  given  to  the  University 
by  Mr.  Edward  B.  Butler,  Dr.  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus,  Mrs.  Erskine  M. 
Phelps,  and  Mrs.  Emma  B.  Hodge.  Such  collections  of  letters  and  docu- 
ments evidently  call  for  a  special  catalogue.  Further,  the  mass  of  manu- 
script fragments  from  bindings  or  still  in  bindings  present  a  large  field  for 
the  manuscript  cataloguer.  We  have  made  a  beginning  with  these,  but 
such  pieces  are  seldom  of  value,  and  while  a  few  of  the  more  significant  ones 
are  described  in  the  present  volume,  we  have  not  as  yet  felt  justified  in 
asking  the  University's  permission  to  destroy  dozens  of  fine  old  bindings 
of  imquestioned  interest  in  the  history  of  book-making,  in  the  effort  to 
detach  parchment  fragments  of  doubtful  value.  Finally,  it  is  more  than 
probable  that  as  the  cataloguing  of  the  University's  printed  books  goes  on, 
some  manuscripts  long  since  in  its  possession  will  come  to  hand;  but  while  we 
covet  these  for  our  Catalogue,  and  have  made  such  search  for  them  as  we 
could,  it  has  seemed  wiser  to  proceed  with  those  we  have  than  to  wait  for  an 
end  which  will  never  come,  since  the  University  will  never  cease  to  acquire 
manuscripts. 

Of  the  manuscripts  treated  in  this  Catalogue,  few  have  been  secured 
through  special  purchase.  Nearly  all  have  come  to  the  University  with 
large  collections  of  printed  books.  The  libraries  of  Hengstenberg,  acquired 
in  1869-70,  George  B.  Ide  (1873-74),  the  American  Bible  Union  (1885-86), 
and  the  Old  University  of  Chicago  (1891)  brought  some  manuscripts  with 
them.  But  the  great  majority  of  our  manuscripts  we  owe  to  the  purchase 
in  1891  of  the  Berlin  Collection.  A  concise  list  of  these  followed  the  Berlin 
Collection  to  Chicago,  and  while  not  all  the  manuscripts  there  reported  have 


CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 


come  into  our  hands,  we  have  found  some  others  not  listed  there  but  very 
probably  from  the  same  source,  and  the  eight  missing  ones  may  yet  be  found 
as  the  cataloguing  of  the  great  collection  approaches  completion.  The  Ovid 
manuscript  (no.  99)  came  to  our  attention  when  this  Catalogue  was  already 
in  type,  and  is  therefore  treated  in  an  Appendix. 

The  manuscripts  which  formed  part  of  the  Berlin  Collection  at  the  time 
of  its  acquisition  by  the  University  had  been  gathered  from  various  sources, 
most  of  which  it  is  no  longer  possible  to  identify.  In  the  case  of  a  few 
codices,  however,  a  definite  statement  of  origin  and  early  history  can  be 
made.  The  Glycas,  Georgius  Hamartolus,  and  De  Ranee  manuscripts  dis- 
play the  arms  of  Pius  VI,  in  whose  time  and  probably  for  whose  library  three 
of  them  were  written.  Nos.  14  and  99  have  on  their  covers  somewhat 
similar  arms,  perhaps  those  of  Cardinal  Braschi  before  he  became  Pius  VI . 
Of  these  six  manuscripts,  three  (nos.  14,  65, 99)  with  five  others  (nos.  1,  5,  11, 
51, 52)  have  a  rectangular  label,  numbered  in  roman.  Perhaps  this  early  label 
was  that  of  Pius  VI's  collection.  Over  it  in  some  cases  has  been  pasted  the 
oval  label  which  appears  on  nos.  2,  6,  12,  14,  17,  18,  39,  47,  54,  63,  65,  and 
99.  It  is  at  least  clear  that  all  the  manuscripts  bearing  these  labels  have 
come  with  the  Berlin  Purchase,  whether  included  in  its  list  or  not,  and  the 
labels  give  us  some  hint  of  the  probable  process  of  accretion  by  which  the 
principal  element  in  that  collection  of  manuscripts  developed.  It  is  not 
indeed  impossible  that  the  nineteen  manuscripts  of  the  three  groups  formed 
part  of  that  private  papal  collection  of  which  Cardinal  Braschi's  two  manu- 
scripts were  the  nucleus.  At  all  events  they  became  combined  with  a  group 
of  his  manuscripts  and  were  catalogued  together  before  they  came  into  the 
possession  of  the  Calvary  Brothers  in  Berlin.  Other  similar  manuscript 
relationships,  in  so  far  as  we  have  observed  them,  we  have  indicated  by 
cross-references  in  the  descriptions  that  follow.  Thus  the  Lucan  and  the 
Boccaccio  (nos.  33,  57)  are  bound  and  lettered  alike;  the  Albertus,  the 
Aristotele,  and  the  Leo  (nos.  2,  5,  30)  are  lettered  alike  on  the  back;  the 
Diodorus  and  the  Ovid  (nos.  14,  99),  are  bound  and  lettered  alike,  etc. 

Every  manuscript  is  a  himian  document  and  presents  an  individual 
history.  The  manuscript  of  Gerard's  Distinctiones  (no.  22)  states  that  it 
was  copied  from  his  original  at  Siena  by  an  Augustinian  named  Martucius, 
who  began  the  task  in  1466,  when  he  was  Magister  Studentium,  "at  a  time 
of  great  persecution  and  trial,"  and  completed  it  on  September  7,  1468, 
"at  a  time  of  great  tranquiUity  and  peace."  Other  subscriptions  report  its 
subsequent  fortunes.  It  remained  at  the  Convent  of  Prato  until  a  visitor 
from  Naples  took  possession  of  it  and  carried  it  off  to  Naples.  Brother 
Augustinus  of  Prato  happened  to  visit  Naples  some  time  after,  and  to  him 
the  Neopolitan,  "conscientia  forte  motus,"  returned  the  manuscript.  On 
June  19,  1520,  Augustinus  recorded  these  facts  in  the  recovered  manuscript, 
and  expressed  the  pious  intention  of  examining  the  whole  of  it,  and  at  his 
death  bequeathing  it  to  his  convent  at  Prato.     But  a  further  subscription. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  vii 

dated  October  24,  1522,  shows  that  two  years  later  the  manuscript  passed 
into  the  hands  of  Brother  Herennius,  who  had  given  Augustinus  in  exchange 
for  it  the  Epistles  of  Paul,  and  writings  of  Thomas  of  Argentina  and  Gregory 
of  Ariminum,  well-known  Augustinian  authorities.  Beyond  this  point  the 
movements  of  the  manuscript  are  obscure,  but  this  sketch  of  its  fortimes 
for  half  a  century  gives  curious  glimpses  of  contemporary  life.  Other 
manuscripts  are  not  less  quaintly  interesting,  and  will  invite  closer  study, 
textual  or  historical,  from  the  departments  to  which  they  relate. 

This  Catalogue  is  published  in  connection  with  the  dedication  of  the 
Harper  Memorial  Library,  June  11,  1912.  Om*  thanks  are  due  to  Karl 
Pietsch,  James  Westfall  Thompson,  Charles  Henry  Beeson,  Chester  Nathan 
Gould,  and  Tiemen  de  Vries,  members  of  the  University  faculties,  for  many 
helpful  suggestions  on  various  manuscripts,  upon  which  we  sought  their 
expert  opinions.  To  the  President  of  the  University,  the  Director  of  the 
Libraries,  and  the  Director  of  the  Press,  we  are  especially  indebted  for  the 
interest  they  have  shown  in  the  publication  of  the  Catalogue  at  this  time, 
when,  with  the  opening  of  the  Harper  Memorial  Library,  the  University's 
manuscripts  are  at  last  transferred  to  secure  and  permanent  quarters  in  the 
Manuscript  Room. 

May,  1912 


LIST  OF   MANUSCRIPTS 
LATIN 


PAGE 


1.  Alberti,  De  Re  Aedificatoria 3 

2.  Albertus  Magnus,  De  Homine 4 

3.  Albertus  Theotonicus,  Robertus  Anglicus,  et  al.,  Tractatus     .  4 

4.  Sextius  Amarcius  Gallus,  De  Virtuiibus  Patrum,  etc.      .      .  6 

5.  Aristoteles,  De  Moribus  ad  Nicomachum 6 

6.  Baldus  de  Perusio,  Consilia  de  lure 7 

7.  Benedictus  XIV,  lustitie  et  Pads 8 

8.  Benedictus  de  Perusio,  et  al.,  Rubricae 8 

9.  Bernardus  Clarevalensis,  De  Consideratione 9 

10.  Blasius  de  Parma,  Questiones  super  Libro  Methaurorum  .      .  10 

11.  Calderinus,  Commentaria  in  Martialem 10 

12.  Sextius  Clodius,  et  al.,  Fasti,  etc 11 

13.  Coiumna,  Baronius,  De  Monarchia  Siciliae 12 

14.  Diodorus  Siculus,  Bibliotheca 13 

15.  Diogenes  Laertius,  De  Vita  et  Moribus  Philosophorum    .      .  14 

16.  Epistola  Conventus  Carthusiensis  Erffordi 15 

17.  Eusebius,  Chronica 16 

18.  Eusebius,  Historia  Ecclesiastica 17 

19.  Evangeliorum  Quattuor  Harmonia 18 

20.  Horatius  Feltrius,  Conatus  irriti  Ossunae  duds,  etc   ...  19 

21.  Fides  Caietana 20 

22.  Girardus  de  Senis,  Distinctiones 20 

23.  Guido  de  Monte  Rotherii,  Tractatus,  etc 23 

24.  Hieronymus,  Commentaria  in  Amos 24 

25.  Hieronymus,  Explanationes  in  Ysayam 24 

26.  Horae 25 

27.  Horatius,  Opera 27 

28.  Isidorus  Hispalensis,  Contra  ludaeos 27 

29.  luvenal,  Satirae 28 

30.  Leo  Magnus,  Sermones 29 

31.  Leonardus  Aretinus,  De  Prima  Bella  Punico 30 

32.  Leonardus  Aretinus,  e^  a/.,  OpwscwZa  mna 31 

33.  Lucanus,  Pharsalia 33 

34.  Petrus  Veronensis,  Rubricae 33 

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35.  Poggius,  Leonardus,  Guarinus,  Opuscula 36 

36.  Receptarium  de  Medidnis 37 

37.  Antonius  de  Raho,  In  Rubricas  Soluto  Matrimonio    ...  37 
ZS.  2  Reg.  19:37— 22:13 38 

39.  Ruhricae  De  Accusationibus,  etc 39 

40.  Ruhricae,  Lihelli,  etc 41 

41.  Sebastianus  Neapolitanus,  Declarationes  de  Regno  Sidliae    .  42 

42.  Seneca  (Pseudo-),  De  Quatuor  Virtutibus,  etc 43 

43.  Servetus,  De  Trinitatis  Erroribus 44 

44.  Wachter,  Eluddarius  Cabalisticus 44 

GREEK 

45.  (Gr.    1.)    Basilius    Magnus,    Sermo;    Athanasius,    Vita   S. 

Antonii 49 

46.  (Gr.  2.)  Evangelia  Graeca 49 

47.  (Gr.  3.)  Georgius  Hamartolus,  Chronicon 51 

48.  (Gr.  4.)  Michael  Glycas,  Epistolae,  Vol.  I 52 

49.  (Gr.  5.)  Michael  Glycas,  Epistolae,  Vol.  II 54 

50.  (Gr.  6.)  Lectionarium  Epistolarum 55 

51.  (Gr.  7.)  Nicephorus  Gregoras,  Historia  Byzantina     ...  56 

52.  (Gr.  8.)  'NicetsisSeTromus,CommentariainOrationesGregorii 

Nazianzeni 59 

53.  (Gr.  9.)  Nicetas  Serronius,  Nonnus,  Commentaria  in  Ora- 

tiones  Gregorii  Nazianzeni 60 

54.  (Gr.  10.)  Proclus,  Elementa  Theologica 62 

55.  (Gr.  11.)  Procopius,  Epitome  Eclogarum  in  Heptateuchum  et 

Canticum 63 

56.  (Gr.  12.)  lohannes  Tzetzes,  Epistolae 64 

ITALIAN 

57.  (It.  1.)  Boccaccio,  II  Filocolo 67 

67 
68 
68 
69 
71 


58.  (It.  2.)  Costumi  e  Morte  di  Papa  Alessandro  VI 

59.  (It.  3.)  Gregorio,  Morali 

60.  (It.  4.)  Documents  Relating  to  Missions  in  China 

61.  (It.  5.)  Ore 

62.  (It.  6.)  Razzi,  Vita  di  F.  Girolamo  Savonarola 


SPANISH 

63.  (Span.  1.)  Breviario  de  Amor 75 

64.  (Span.  2.)  Alexo  Salgado  Correa,  Martires  de  Hespana   .      .     75 


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FRENCH 

PAGE 

65.  (Fr.  1.)  Armand  Le  B.  de  Ranee,  Examen  des  Reflexions  du 

R.  P.  MaUllon 81 

GERMAN 

66.  {Gev.l.)  Book  of  Devotions 85 

67.  (Ger.  2.)  Hymn,  with  List  of  Books 87 

68.  (Ger.    3.)    Mathesius,    Kirchenordnung,    etc. — Chronicle   of 

Rammelsherg  Mines 88 

ENGLISH 

69.  (Eng.  1.)  John  Liptrott,  Collectanea  Curiosa 93 

70.  (Eng.  2.)  Joseph  Spence,  Poems,  Latin  and  English  ...     93 

DUTCH 

71.  (Dutch  1.)  Land  Leases 99 

72.  (Dutch  2.)  Narrative  and  Documents  of  an  Embassy  to  Morocco  100 

ICELANDIC 

73.  (Icel  1.)  Saga  of  St.  Olaf 105 

HEBREW 

74.  (Heb.  1.)  Tracts  on  Domestic  and  Ceremonial  Matters      .      .   109 

ARABIC 

75.  (Arab.  1.)  The  Quran 113 

LATER  PERSONAL  AND  MISCELLANEOUS  MANUSCRIPTS 

76-98.  117-122 

APPENDIX  I 
,-    99.  Regulae  Grammaticae. — Ovidius,  De  Remedio  Amoris     .      .123 

APPENDIX  II 
Letters  ascribed  to  Raphael 123 


LATIN 


LATIN 

1.  Alberti,  De  Re  Aedificatoria. 

Paper,  fif.  284,  cm.  30.5X20.5,  single  columns,  25-41  lines.  32 
quires,  of  10,  except  3d,  9th,  16th,  19th,  20th,  26th,  28th,  30th  (8),  and 
15th,  18th,  22d,  23d,  and  25th  (6).  Irregular  leaf  nmnbering  within 
quires.  Several  hands  have  worked  on  the  manuscript,  the  several 
quires  being  the  work  of  different  scribes,  and  the  hand  sometimes 
changing  in  the  course  of  a  page.  Berlin  Purchase  no.  34.  Probably 
century  XV. 

Label:  wanting.  The  tooled  and  gilded  back  of  the  red  leather 
binding  bears  no  name,  but  a  rectangular  paper  label  at  the  bottom  is 
marked  LXIII;  cf.  nos.  5,  11,  51,  52,  65. 

Contents:  Leone  Alberti  (1404-72  [80]),  De  Re  Aedificatoria, 
libri  X.  On  the  verso  of  the  3d  fly-leaf  a  later  hand  has  written 
Vitruvii  Architectiu-a,  but  over  Vitruvii  another  hand  has  written 
Leonis  Alberti. 

1.  Introduction,  ff.  la-4a.  Incip.:  Multas  et  varias  artes  que  ad 
vitam  bene  et  beate  agendum  faciant. — Explic:  nam  primi  quidem 
libri  titulus. 

2.  The  treatise  De  Re  Aedificatoria,  ten  books,  ff.  46-2816.  Incip.: 
De  lineamentis  aedificiorum  conscripturi  optima  et  elegantissima. — 
Explic:  ut  digniores  multoque  elegantiores  habeantur.  Deo  Gratias. 
TcAos. 

Lib.  1,  ff.  46-28o.     Incip.:   De  lineamentis  aedificiorum. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  28a-536.     Incip.:  Opus  aedificiorum  atque  impensam. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  536-826.     Incip.:   Ononis  astruendi  operis  ratio. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  826-1046.    Incip.:  Edificia  ....  esse  .  .  constituta. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  1046-138a.     Incip.:  Operum  varietates  cimi  intra  urbe. 

Lib.  6,  ff.  1386-1626.    Incip.:  [L]ineamenta  et  materiam  operum. 

Lib.  7,  ff.  1626-1946.    Incip.:  Rem  edificatoriam  constare. 

Lib.  8,  ff.  1946-218a.     Incip.:  Ornamenta  que  operibus  adhibeantur. 

Lib.  9,  ff.  218a-243o.  Incip.:  Meminisse  oportet  privatorum  edi- 
ficiorum. 

Lib.  10,  ff.  243a-2816.    Incip.:  Fide  operum  vitiis  emandandis. 

There  are  large  plain  initials  in  blue  at  the  beginning  of  the  intro- 
duction and  of  Bk.  1,  and  spaces  have  been  left  for  them  at  the  begin- 
nings of  the  other  books.  At  the  foot  of  f.  1506  is  written  Scriptum 
Manu  Cancellarii  Ex(cellen  ?)tis  Regni  Siciliae  Cancellarii.  A  cor- 
rector's notes,  in  a  square  heavy  hand,  are  found  throughout  in  the 

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margins.  F.  221  is  blank  except  for  the  words  satis  conscendendi  and  a 
cross  covering  the  recto;  the  text  continues  with  satis  conscendendi  on 
the  following  f .  After  this  point  various  scribes  have  numbered  3  to  10 
leaves  of  their  own  quires. 

Albertus  Magnus,  De  Homine. 

Paper,  ff.  339,  cm.  29X21 . 5,  single  columns,  32-37  lines.  29  quires, 
of  12,  except  the  1st,  a  prefatory  quire  unnumbered  (3).  The  quires, 
except  the  first,  were  numbered  r-28°  at  the  foot  of  the  last  verso,  but 
some  of  these  have  been  trimmed  away.  Occasional  marginal  rulings. 
Ff.  2a-36  and  3396  blank.     Berlin  Purchase.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  Albertus  de  Homine.— Above,  125  and  101;  below,  Stipo  3. 
Below,  an  oval  label,  like  that  on  nos.  6,  12,  14,  17,  18,  39,  47,  54, 
63,  65,  numbered  101.  On  the  under  edges,  Alber(tus)  de  Homine. 
Remains  of  two  brass  clasps.  Binding,  blue  leather  over  boards. 
Yellow  edges.     The  name-label  is  like  that  on  nos.  5  and  30. 

Contents:    Albertus  Magnus,  De  Homine.     252  chapters. 

Title,  in  a  hand  smaller  and  probably  later  than  the  text:  Albertus 
de  homine,  f.  4a.  Incip.:  [C]onsequenter  transeundum  est  ad  queren- 
dum  de  homine. — Explic:  non  est  intendi  sed  in  substantia  continuari. 

Ff.  la-2a  supply  a  gap  in  cap.  51:  Incip.:  de  anima  ubi  dicitur 
color  est. — Explic,  f .  2a:  sed  ut  perfectionem  visus  et  visibilis  secundum 
quod  est  visibile  et  secundum  quod  est  visus  adactum. 

At  the  top  of  f.  1,  a  note  in  another  hand  reads:  Istud  vult  esse  infra 
c.  51  ubi  tale  signum.  A  drawing  of  a  face  follows.  On  f.  87a,  the  same 
face  appears,  with  this  note:  hie  deficit  quod  est  scriptum  supra  in 
prmcipio  libri  per  unam  cartam  cum  dimidia.  Spaces  have  been  left 
for  large  initials,  but  these  have  not  been  supplied. 

Within  the  first  cover,  a  modern  hand  has  written  Albertus  Magnus; 
and  inside  the  last  a  price  mark  in  lire  is  penciled. 

The  voluminous  works  of  Albertus  Magnus  (1193-1280),  the  Doctor 
Universalis  of  the  Schoolmen,  were  first  published  by  Peter  Jammy, 
at  Lyons,  in  1651. 

Albertus  Theotonicus  (Teutonicus?),  Robertus  Anglicus, 
ET  AL.,  Tractatus  Mathematici  et  Philosophici. 

Paper,  ff.  68,  cm.  29.9X22.1,  rough  edges,  2  columns,  65  (66), 
42-45  lines,  in  8  quires,  1st  of  4,  2d  of  2,  3d  and  8th  of  12,  4th  to  6th  of  10, 
and  7th  of  8.  Column  rulings  in  quires  3-8,  sometimes  on  both  sides; 
quire  signatures  (quires  4-8),  lower  right-hand  corner  of  last  verso. 
Berlin  Purchase  ?     Century  XV. 

Contents :  A  collection  of  mathematical  and  philosophical  treatises. 

1.  Tractatus  proportionum  alberti  theotonici  (= teutonici  ?)  (wrongly 
superscribed  by  a  later  hand,  latitudines  formarum,  cf.  the  Explic.  f.  4 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  5 

(41)a,  col.  2) :  ff.  l-4a  (38-41a).  Incip.:  Proportio  communiter  accepta 
est. — ExTplic:  corolaria  ad  quorum  illustrationem  supersedeo  causam 
brevitatis  et  est  finis  huius  deo  gratias  Amen. 

2.  Latitudines  formarum,  ff.  4a,  col.  2, — 6a  (41a — 43a).  Incip.: 
[Q]uia  latitudines  formarum  multipliciter  variantur. — Explic:  occurrere 
et  ideo  transeo  etc.  deo  gratias  Amen  Amen. 

3.  Compilatio  super  tractatu  de  spera  edita  a  fratre  roberto  anglico 
ordinis  praedicatorum  qui  super  totam  loycam  (  =  logicam)  scripsit 
qui  fuit  magister  in  theologia  postea  archiepiscopus  cartusiens(is  ?)  et 
demum  cardinalis  (cf.  the  Explic.  f.  186  =  566),  ff.  7-18  (45-56).  Prob- 
ably Robert  Grosseteste  (Capito).  Incip.:  Una  scientia  est  nobilior 
alia. — Explic:   idem  satis  declaratus  etc.     Deo  gratias  Amen. 

4.  A  collection  of  notabilia  dicta  averroys,  ff.  19-64  (57-128). 
A.  From  his  commentary  super  primo  de  anima,  ff.  19-28  (57-66). 
Incip.:  [A]rtes.  Incomplete,  Explic:  Actiuum  et  passiuum  viden- 
tur(?)  esse  quodammodo  opposita.  Commento  33. — In  the  lower 
right-hand  corner  the  beginning  of  the  next  quire  is  written:  Innuit,  etc. 
But  the  next  quire  begins  dicta. 

B.  From  his  commentary  super  2°  metaphisiae  ff.  29-52  (77-100). 
Incip.:  Commentum  primum.  [Quia]  ista  scientia  perscrutatur.  The 
colophon  at  the  end  of  this  section,  f.  816,  col.  1,  makes  these  dicta 
come  from  Averrhoes  super  primum  et  2°^.  li.  metha^®,  quos  in  commen- 
tando  intermiscuit.  There  follow  in  order  the  comments  on  Lib.  3-7. — 
Explic:   substantiales  generales  et  .  .  .  .  commento  9°. 

C.  Super  libro  coligeth  fif.  58-64  (122-128).  Incip.:  [E]t  dicimus 
quod  ars  medicinae. — Explic:   ramificate  sicut  arterie  co.  ca°. 

There  are  three  different  hands,  one  in  the  Tractatus  proportionum 
and  Latitudines  formarum,  another  in  the  Compilatio,  the  third  in  the 
Dicta  of  Averrhoes.  These  were  probably  written  as  separate  manu- 
scripts; the  watermarks,  too,  differ.  Moreover  on  the  verso  of  f.  6 
(43)  at  the  top  is  written:  Iste  carte  omnes  sunt  numero  60.  But  a 
folio  numbering  inserted  before  the  loss  of  the  quire  from  the  Averrhoes 
material,  in  the  same  hand  throughout  binds  this  heterogeneous  ma- 
terial together  into  one  volume.  It  runs  from  38-43,  45-66,  77-104, 
121-128.  Probably  between  104  and  121  another  quire  of  similar  ma- 
terial (Averrhoes)  has  been  lost.  Another  hand  has  numbered  ff.  3-6 
in  the  lower  right-hand  corner  of  the  verso  (f.  3)  or  recto  (4-6)  from 
96-99.  Marginal  notes  are  inserted  sometimes  by  the  writer,  sometimes 
(in  the  Compilatio)  by  another  hand.  Ff.  numbered  101-104,  121 
and  two  ff.  after  128  are  left  entirely  blank.  On  the  verso  of  the 
next  to  the  last  and  the  recto  of  the  last  ff.  a  later  hand  than  any  in 
the  manuscript  hp,s  written  a  number  of  Latin  verses  on  various  subj- 
ects. Space  has  been  left  for  large  initials,  but  few  of  these  have  been 
inserted. 


CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 


4.  Sextius  Amarcius  Gallus,  De  Virtutibus  Patrum  et  Posteriorum 

Vitiis,  libri  IV. 

Paper,  ff.  66,  cm.  21X17.5,  pages  numbered  (1,  2)  3-131  (132). 
9  quires,  of  8,  except  the  5th  (6)  and  9th  (4),  single  colimms,  23-25  lines. 
Both  margins  ruled.     Century  XVIII. 

Label:  Amarcius. — Pasteboard  binding.  Numbered  2509  on  upper 
right-hand  corner  of  front  cover. 

Contents:  Title:  Sexti  Amarcii  Galli  Libri  IV  De  virtutibus  patrum 
et  posteriorum  vitiis,  f .  la. — Below,  in  a  later  hand,  De  opere  et  codice 
cf.  Eberti  notitia  ms.  codicum  Dresdensiiun  p.  239-241. — Below,  in 
pencil,  Iterum  conferatur  cum  codice  ms.  m.  Apr.  1834. 

Incip.:  Incipit  epistola  Sexti  Amarcii  Galli  Piosistrati  ad  candidum 
Theopystium  alchimum.  Virtutem  norma  theopysti  culte  decora,  f.  2a 
(  =  p.3). 

Incipit  liber  primus  Sexti  Amarcii  Epilogus:  De  virtutibus  patrum 
et  posteriorum  vitiis.  Quem  bis  natorum  semel  ex  genitrice  fecundo 
(f.  3a  =  p.  5). — Explic:  Carmina  vocalis  justorum  concio  pangit. 
Explicit  Liber  Amarcii  f.  656,  p.  130  (131). 

The  manuscript  is  concluded  with  22  lines,  De  quatripartita  con- 
punctione  (ff.  656,  66a = pp.  130,  131).  Incip.:  Est  quatripartita 
cordis  conpunctio  tota,  p.  130. — Explic:  Commemorans  saepe  talia 
sollicitae,  p.  131. 

On  the  inner  front  cover,  208  is  written  in  red  pencil.  Sections  of 
lines  and  portions  of  words  omitted  probably  because  illegible  in  the 
exemplar,  are  marked  by  pencil  strokes  in  the  margin. 

5.  Aristoteles,  De  Moribus  ad  Nicomachum. 

Paper,  heavy  and  handsome,  ff.  79,  cm.  28.7X22,  single  columns, 
33  to  36  lines,  8  quires,  of  10,  except  the  8th  (9).  Ff.  766-796  blank. 
Quire  letters  A-H  and  f.  numbers  1-5  at  lower  right-hand  corner  of 
first  five  rectos  of  each  quire.  There  is  a  continuous  leaf  numbering 
from  a  later  hand.  Rulings  on  both  sides.  Name-label  as  on  nos.  2, 
30,     Berlin  Purchase  no.  10.    Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  Aristotelis  Moralia. — Old  library  numbers,  150,  and  in  a 
later  hand,  CXII,  stand  on  the  back;  cf.  nos.  1,  11,  51,  52,  65. 

Contents:  Aristotle's  Ethics,  ten  books,  in  the  Latin  version  of 
lohannes  A(r)gyropylus.  Incip.:  [0]mnis  ars  omnisque  doctrina  atque 
actus. — Explic:  Hec  itaque  aggredientes  deinceps  dicamus.  (Lib.  10, 
Tract.  2,  Cap.  4.)  At  the  head  of  f.  la,  stands  this  title  in  red:  Liber 
aristotilis  de  moribus  ad  nichomachum  quem  iohannes  Agyropylus 
byzantius  gratia  magnifici  cosme  medicis  florentini  traduxit.  The 
reference  is  to  Cosimo  de'  Medici,  1389-1464. 

Spaces  have  been  left  for  large  initials,  but  these  have  not  been 
supplied.    Book,  treatise,  and  chapter  headings  are  in  red. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  7 

The  books  occupy  the  following  folia: 

Lib.  1,  ff.    la-  8a.  Lib.    6,  S.  376-436. 

Lib.  2,  ff.    8a-13a.  Lib.    7,  ff.  436-526. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  13a-21a.  Lib.    8,  ff.  52b-ma. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  21a-29a.  Lib.    9,  ff.  60a-676. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  29a-376.  Lib.  10,  ff.  676-76a. 

There  are  various  notes:  on  the  inside  of  the  front  cover,  in  pencil, 
in  German  script,  76  beschr(iebene)  Bl(atter).  On  the  last  verso,  in 
pencil,  a  price-mark  in  Marks.  On  the  same  page,  in  red,  Questo  libro 
e  di  Gi.  .  .  Japrato.    The  name  has  been  crossed  out. 

Baldus  de  Perusio,  Consilia  de  lure. 

Paper,  ff.  xiii+151,  cm.  30X22.5,  double  columns,  40-42  lines. 
Squires,  of  20,  except  the  1st  (12)  and  6th,  7th,  and  8th  (18).  Margin 
rulings  on  both  sides.  Ff.  ixa-xiii6, 149a-1516  blank.  Berlin  Purchase 
no.  32.     Century  XV. 

Label:  wanting.  The  manuscript  has  lost  its  cover. — At  the  foot 
of  the  back  is  an  oval  paper  label,  like  that  on  nos.  2,  12,  14,  17,  18,  39, 
47,  54,  63,  65,  inscribed  .41. 

Contents:  Baldus  de  Perusio,  Consilia  de  lure. 

1.  Repertorium  Infra  scriptorum  consiliorum  eminentissimi  utrius- 
que  iuris  doctoris  domini  Baldi  de  Perusio  dum  in  facto  occurrerent  de 
iure  consulentis,  in  summa  referens  quid  ummaquidque  consiliorum 
ipsorum  in  effectu  contineat  videlicet. — clx  titles  follow,  ff.  iia-viii6. 

2.  Incipiunt  conscilia  domini  Baldi  de  perusio  et  aliorum  quam  pluri- 
morum  doctorum,  ff.  la-1486.  Incip.:  Factmn  Intelligo  sub  ista 
forma. — Explic:  de  tutela.    Baldus  deo  gratias  Amen  Amen  Amen. 

Ff.  i-iv  have  suffered  some  mutilation,  through  damp  and  neglect. 
A  later  hand  has  annotated  the  text  at  many  points.  In  the  formulas 
the  name  of  Baldus  occurs  most  frequently;  et  ita  dico  ego  Baldus; 
but  other  names  appear;  Petrus  de  Perusio,  f.  136;  Honofrius  de  Perusio, 
legum  doctor,  f.  136;  Angelus  de  Perusio  (i.e.,  de  Ubaldis?  flor.  1423) 
legum  doctor,  f.  14o;  Angelus  de  Merianis  decretorum  doctor,  f.  33a; 
Jacobus  de  Belviso  (i.e.,  Belloviso?  flor.  1270)  f.  436;  Franciscus  de 
Altergotis,  f.  376,  and  again  in  the  form  Franciscus  de  Altergoctis  de 
Arecio  (Francesco  Accolti,  1418-83),  ff.  556,  84a,  93a;  Franciscus  de 
Ramporibus,  f.  109a;  Johannes  de  Lignano,  (flor.  1380)  ib.,  and  f.  117a; 
Antonius  de  Praesebris,  f .  109a;  Johannes  de  Casali,  ib. ;  Paganinus  de 
Sala,  ff.  123a,  144a;  Bartholus  de  Saxoferrato  (tl355),  ff.  81a,  936, 
113a;  cf.  f.  108a;  Angelus  de  Castillono,  f.  144a;  Jacobus  Bructicarius 
(i.e.,  de  Bugtrigariis  ?  flor.  1320)  f .  1376;  and  some  others.  F.  136  has 
a  date:  Jn  Anno  domini  M°  CCC°  LXXXX  de  mense  Julii  26,  along 
with  others.  References  to  Extracta  de  casibus  legis  longobarde  are 
made  on  f .  5a. 


CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 


7.  Benedictus  XIV,  lustitie  et  Pads. 

Parchment,  ff.  38,  cm.  34X24.5,  single  columns,  21  lines.  3  quires, 
1st  and  2d  of  12,  3d  of  14.  The  writing  extends  to  the  insides  of  both 
parchment  covers.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  44.     1746. 

Label:  none.  At  top  of  front  cover.  Num.  64.  In  middle  of  back 
cover,  Registrata  in  Secretaria  Brevium. 

Contents:  Bull  of  Benedict  XIV,  lustitie  et  Pacis.  Incip.  (front 
cover,  verso) :  Benedictus  ep(iscopu)s  Servus  Servorum  Dei  Ad  Per- 
petuam  Rei  Memoriam.  lustitie  et  Pacis  Custodes  et  Adsertores  non 
solum  in  Universa  Ecclesia  Christi. — Explic.  (f.  386):  Datum  Rome 
apud  sanctam  Mariam  Maiorem  armo  incarnationis  Dominice  millesimo 
septingentesimo  quadragesimo  sexto.  Sexto  Nonas  Octobris  Pontificatus 
Nostri  Anno  Septimo. 

Signatures  follow: 

X:  subdatarius 
Visa  Pro  D(onii)no  Cardinali  Passioneo 

De  curia  I.  C.  Boschi  loannes  Florius  Substitutus 

lb.  Eugenius 

Ducat(i)  Decem  et  Iul(hatum  ?)  Unum. 

Of  the  last  two  lines,  the  first  is  in  the  elaborate  hand  of  the  manu- 
script, the  second  in  ordinary  cursive.  This  last  is  perhaps  the  copyist's 
fee.  The  great  leaden  seal  (bulla)  of  Benedict  XIV  is  attached  to  the 
book  by  a  silken  cord  of  red  and  yellow,  the  Papal  colors,  marking  the 
document  as  "in  forma  gratiosa."  Cardinal  Passioneo  was  at  this 
time  Librarian  of  the  Holy  See.  Benedict  became  pope  in  1740.  The 
hand  is  of  the  most  exaggerated  type,  and  great  florid  pen  and  ink 
capitals  stand  at  the  head  of  every  page.  Similar  signatures  appear  in 
Bullarium  Romanum,  Acta  Benedicti  XIV,  vols.  I  and  II. 

8.  Benedictus  de  Perusio,  Angelus  de  Arecio,  et  al.,  Rubricae. 

Paper,  ff.  143,  cm.  31 .5X21 .5,  single  columns,  46-48  lines.  Leaves 
numbered  99-238;  nos.  122,  123,  after  being  given  to  blank  leaves, 
are  repeated.  16  quires  of  12,  except  nos.  1,  9, 14, 15  (10);  2  (9);  8,  10, 
16  (8);  3  (6);  4,  5  (2).  Ff.  1136-1176,  121a-123i6,  1256,  1676,  1796- 
1876,  2386-2396  are  blank.     Century  XV  (probably  1400-1450). 

Label:  wanting. 

Contents:  Rubricae,  mostly  testamentary:  Benedictus  de  Perusio, 
De  Testamentis,  ff.  996  (a  ?)-107a;  De  Heredibus  Instituendis,  ff.  1076- 
108a;  De  Contrariis  Tabulis,  ff.  109a-113a;  De  Codicillis,  ff.  118a-1206; 
Angelus  de  Arecio,  De  Legatis,  ff.  122a-179a;  (the  same?)  Ad  Tre- 
bellia,  ff.  188a-238a.  Incip.:  Furiosum  iri  suis  iri.  Furiosus  habens 
dillucida  intervalla. — Explic:  ita  voluit  Baldus  in  dicta  auct(oritativa  ?) 
contra  (?)  rogat(um?)  in  principio  secunda  coUumna. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  9 

The  parchment  reinforcement  in  the  folds  of  the  later  quires  is  from 
a  Latin  Psalter,  beautifully  written  in  two  very  narrow  columns. 

Some  names  are  given  in  headings  and  colophons  written  in  capitals 
by  the  first  hand.  On  f.  1206,  at  the  close  of  the  section  of  text:  Hie 
tractatus  codicillorum  co<m)>pilat(us)  est  per  D.  Meum  Benedictum  de 
Parmis  de  Perusio  Utriusque  Monarcham  (Benedetto  Capra,  ca.  1400  ?). 
— At  the  head  of  f.  122a.-  De  Legatis  Et  Fidey  Conmissis  Primo. — At 
the  head  of  f.  126o;  Rubrica  de  Fidey  Conmissis  et  1  c.  1°. — At  the  end 
of  the  section  of  text,  f.  179a;  Hie  Est  Finis  Hujus  Legis.  Nemo 
Potest.  De  Legatis  Primo  Repetite  Per  D.  Meum  A(n)gelum  De 
Arecio  Famosissimum  Legum  Doctorem  (Angelo  Gambiglioni,  tl461  ?). 
— At  the  head  of  f.  188o;  Rub(ri)ca. — In  the  upper  right-hand  corner  of 
this,  and  many  later  rectos,  is  minutely  written:  Ad  Trebellia,  usually 
much  abbreviated. — Another  hand  has  written  at  the  head  of  f.  99a; 
Hie  incipiunt  coUecte  d.  benedicti  de  perusio.     In  a  smaller  hand, 

at  the  head  of  f.  109a,  dominus  Alafrancus  de  ariano  repetii 

This  must  be  Chevalier's  Lanfranc  d'Oriano,  1472,  and  this  note  of 
his  fixes  the  general  period  of  the  manuscript.  In  another  hand,  opposite 
the  title  De  Legatis,  etc.,  f.  122a;  Angeli  de  Aretio.  There  are  occasional 
marginal  notes  in  early  hands. 

9.  Bernardus  Clarevalenis,  De  Consideratione. 

Paper,  ff.  42,  cm.  21.3X15,  single  columns,  3&-40  lines.  5  quires, 
of  8  except  the  5th  (10).  Quire  signatures  have  been  for  the  most 
part  trimmed  away  in  rebinding.     No  rulings.    Century  XV. 

Label:  Ms.  XIII  s[aec(uli)]. — The  binding,  brown  leather  over 
boards,  is  tooled  all  over  with  a  stag,  an  agnus  dei,  and  a  fleur-de-lis. 
There  are  two  brass  clasps. 

Contents:   Bernard  of  Clairvaux,  De  Consideratione,  five  books. 

Title :  Incipit  tractatus  Bernardi  abbatis  clarevalensis  de  consideraci- 
one.  ad  eugenium  papam.  L.  1. — Incip.:  Subit  animum  dictantem 
aliquid  quod  te  papa  beatissime  eugenium  vel  edificet  vel  delectet. — 
Explic:   Proinde  is  sit  finis  libri  sed  non  finis  querendi. 

Lib.  1,  ff.  la-76. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  7&-16a. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  16a-23a. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  23a-306. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  306-42a. 

There  are  various  notes  in  later  hands:  on  f.  42&,  at  the  top,  Mss  du 
13«  siecle;  at  the  bottom,  86,  and  a  name  (F.  Marcel  ?)  .—Within  the 
front  cover,  xiv^  Siecle.  1  vol.  manss.  36#. — In  another  hand,  G,  and 
below  D. — In  another  hand,  F.  Franciscus  Martin  Minor  Coclericus  ( ?) 
Theologus  Parisiensis  qui  supra  1719. 


10  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

10.  Blasius  de  Parma,  Questiones  super  Ldbro  Methaurorum. 

Paper,  ff.  ii+37,  cm.  30X22.5,  double  columns,  46-48  lines,  3  quires, 
the  1st  of  14,  2d  of  3,  3d  of  22.  Margin  rulings  on  both  sides.  Ff.  16 
and  26  are  blank.    Berlin  Purchase  no.  25.     Century  XV. 

Label :  wanting.     The  manuscript  has  lost  its  cover. 

Contents:  Title  (in  a  late  hand)  Blasius  de  Parma.  Incip.:  f.  la; 
Circa  principium  libri  methaurorum  Queritur  primo  Utrum  mundus 
generabilium  et  corporabilium  gubernetur  a  celo. — Explic,  f.  376;  Et 
sit  finis  omnium  questionum  circa  librum  methaurorum  et  omnium 
aliorum  librorum  methaurorum  Aristotelis  cum  laude  et  gloria  christi 
qui  vivit  et  regnat  in  secula  seculonun  amen  amen  amen. 

Expliciunt  questiones  super  libro  methaurorum  aristotelis  quas 
compilavit  Magister  Blasius  de  parma  complete  et  scripte  per  Magistrum 
lohannem  de  medicis  de  yt°.: 

Ff.  la-56,  questiones  1-4,  super  libro  primo. 

Ff.  6a-17a,  questiones  16-8,  super  libro  secundo. 

Ff.  17a-31a,  questiones  1-9,  super  libro  tertio. 

Ff.  31o-376,  questiones  1-7,  super  libro  quarto. 

There  is  a  gap,  covering  perhaps  2  ff.,  in  the  middle  of  the  first  quire, 
between  ff.  56  and  6a.  The  scribe  began  the  text  on  f ,  iia,  but  stopped 
after  23  lines,  and  began  afresh  on  f.  la.  In  the  outer  upper  corner  of 
f.  iia  stands  a  note  in  four  short  lines.  On  f.  ia  a  late  hand  has  written, 
Vidit  Celius  Riccardus. 

This  discussion  of  the  Meteorologica  of  Aristotle  is  anti-Aristotelian 
in  tone,  and  probably  represents  the  Platonist  reaction  fostered  by  the 
Medici. 

11.  Calderinus,  Commentaria  in  Martialem. 

Parchment,  ff.  132,  cm.  32.6X24.5.  Single  columns,  30  lines. 
13  gatherings  of  10,  except  the  3d  (4)  which  has  lost  3,  and  the  12th  (8) 
which  has  lost  its  fifth  pair.  The  2d  and  3d  were  wrongly  bound,  the 
leaves  running  21,  20,  11-19,  22-24;  they  have  now  (1910)  been  cor- 
rectly rearranged.  The  loss  in  quire  12  is  noted  in  no  very  late  hand  in 
the  margin,  f.  119:  deficiunt  duo  paginae.  Some  gatherings  are  lost 
before  f.  1  and  probably  3  quires  between  ff.  10  and  11.  From  f.  25  the 
manuscript  is  continuous  to  f.  90,  most  of  which  leaf  has  been  cut  out; 
thence  again  through  f.  118,  after  which  2  leaves  are  wanting;  and  thence 
again  to  the  end,  from  which  other  quires  may  have  been  lost.  The 
manuscript  is  properly  made,  flesh  sides  facing  flesh  sides.  Rulings  on 
the  hair  side.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  18.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  XXXII  on  a  paper  slip  at  the  foot  of  the  back,  as  in  nos.  1, 
5,  51,  52,  65. 

Contents:    Domitii  Calderini  Commentaria  in  Martialem  ab  epi- 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  11 

grammato  XLI  libri  III  ad  epigramma  XXXI  libri  XIII.  (So  a  modem 
hand  on  inside  of  cover.)  More  exactly,  the  manuscript  covers  in 
whole  or  in  part  Epigrams  3:34,  40  (41)— 4:3;  5:78-6:45;  7:4-12; 
7:2&-35;  7:53— (11:9-17  mutUated)  12:78;  13:1-31;  14:127-207  in 
the  order  given  below.  The  missing  portions  are  1:1-3:33;  1:35-39; 
4:4—5:77;  6:46—7:3;  7:13-52;  12:79-98;  13:32-127;  14:1-126; 
14:208-223.  Incip.:  ut  nix,  sed  non  esse  chionem  quia  nigra  est  et  non 
Candida,  f.  la. — Explic:  De  grege  vestino.  id  est  ex  ovibus  vestinis, 
f.  1326. 

In  more  detaU:  ff.  1-10  deal  with  3:34,  40  (41)— 4:3;  ff.  11-20, 
with  5:78—6:45;  f.  21  with  7:4-12;  ff.  22,  23  with  7:26-35;  f.  24 
with  7:53-58.  From  this  point  the  Commentary  continues  without 
interruption  to  f.  90  (11:9-17),  most  of  which  has  been  cut  out; 
thence  again  without  interruption  through  f.  118  (12:78).  While  only 
2  leaves  seem  to  be  lost  at  this  point,  there  is  a  much  larger  gap  in  the 
Commentary,  12 :  79-98,  and  the  exemplar  may  have  been  defective  or 
disordered  here,  for  ff.  119a-1276  supply  14:127-207,  which  is  followed 
on  ff.  128a-1326  by  13:1-31.  The  hand  and  finish  suggest  an  Italian 
origin. 

The  quoted  words  from  the  Epigrams  are  in  red.  There  are  now 
733  large  marginal  initials,  illuminated  in  colors  and  gold  leaf.  A  few 
have  been  cut  out  of  the  manuscript.  The  parchment  is  of  good  quality. 
The  wrong  initials  have  in  many  cases  been  supplied  by  the  illuminator, 
and  the  order  of  epigrams  is  not  always  the  same  as  that,  e.g.,  of  W.  M. 
Lindsay's  edition  (Oxford,  1902)  which  we  have  followed  in  the  number- 
ing of  the  epigrams  above.  The  second  printed  edition  of  Martial 
(Rome  1473,  fol.)  was  accompanied  by  the  Commentary  of  D.  Calderini 
who  in  1475  produced  a  conmaentary  on  Juvenal  (cf.  Friedlander,  D. 
Iimii  luvenalis  Saturanun  Libri  V,  1895,  p.  96). 

12.  Sextus  Clodius,  Fasti. 

M.  Messala,  De  Bello  Troiano. 
Sextus  Rufus,  De  urhe  opusculum. 
Leonardus  Aretinus,  Vita  Ciceronis. 

Paper,  ff.  46,  cm,  33X23,  single  colunms,  28  lines,  6  gatherings,  of 
8.  The  last  two  leaves  have  been  torn  from  the  last  quire,  being  prob- 
ably blank,    Berlin  Purchase  no.  20.    Probably  century  XV-XVI. 

Label:  Sexti  Clodii  Fasti  M.  Messala.  Sextus  Rufus.  Leonardus 
Aretinus. — Below  (on  a  paper  slip  like  that  on  nos.  2,  6,  14,  17,  18,  39, 
47,  54,  63,  65),  171.    On  the  front  parchment  cover,  at  the  top, 

Sex.  Clodi  Fasti. 

Sex.  Rufi  de  urbe  opusculum. 

Leonardi  Aretini  Vita  Ciceronis, 


12  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

Contents:  Sextus  Clodius,  Fasti,  Parts  of  Lib.  6  and  7.  M.  Messala, 
De  bello  Troiano.  Sextus  Rufus,  De  urbe  opusculum.  Leonardus 
Aretinus,  Vita  Ciceronis. 

On  fly-leaf  la;  Sex.  Clodius  Fastos  graece  scripsit:  un(de?)  testi- 
monium Citat  inst.  divinarum  libro  primo  Lactantius  agens  de  Fatua. 
The  same  again  on  fly-leaf  26  (Lactanctius). 

At  the  foot  of  f.  la,  a  hand  later  than  that  of  the  manuscript  has 
added  this 

Index. 

Sexti  Clodii  Fasti  M.  Messalae  liber  de  bello  Trojano 

Sexti  Rufi  de  urbe  opusculum.     Leonardi  Aretini  Praefatio  in  Cicerone 

novo  ad  Nicolaum,  sive  Ciceronis  vita 

ab  Aretino  scripta. 

Nicolaus  is  doubtless  Pope  Nicholas  V,  1389-1455,  the  patron  of 
the  humanists. 

1.  Sextus  Clodius,  Fasti.  Lib.  6,  ff.  la-126.  Incip.:  Denominibus 
illorum  qui  civitatem  romanam  primitus  condiderunt.  Et  primo  de 
Noe  primo  urbis  conditore  rubrica.  [M]odum  constructionis  et  dis- 
positionis  Urbis  Romanae  demonstrat. 

Lib.  7,  ff.  13a-14a.  Incip.:  Explicit  liber  sextus.  Incipit  septimus. 
Prohemium.  Inter  alios  antiqui  operis  lectionarios. — Explic:  Unde 
ilium  poeta  capitolii reliqua  desiderantur. 

2.  M.  Messala,  De  bello  Troiano.  Ff.  15a-226.  Incip.:  M. 
Messala  De  bello  Troiano  ad  Caesarem  Augustum  liber  incipit.  Cum 
frequenter  me  digna  moveat. — Explic:  Aeternum  Vale  saeculi  perenne 
ac  immortale  decus  Caesar  Auguste:   Finis. 

-»r/  3.  Sextus    Rufus,    De    ^rbe    opusculum.     Ff.    23a-25fe.    Incip.: 

I  Sexti  Ruffi  de  m"be  opusculum.     Regio  prima  porta  Capena  continet 

aedem  Honoris. — Explic:  mensae  oleariae  per  totam  urbem  duo 
M.  CCCC:   Finis. 

4.  Leonardus  Aretinus,  Vita  Ciceronis.  Ff.  26a-466.  Incip.: 
Leonardi  Aretini  Orat.  Clariss.  Praefatio  in  Cicerone  novo  ad  Nicolaum. 
Ocioso  mihi  nuper. — Explic:  ignominioseque  perierunt.  Ciceronis 
Vita  per  Leonardum  Aretinum  contexta. 

The  interior  of  the  manuscript  has  been  much  injured  by  damp  and 
pressure.  There  are  many  notes  in  the  margins,  especially  copious 
for  the  last  work,  wliich  have  been  partially  trimmed  away  in  a  former 
rebinding.  Two  fragments  of  an  annotated  legal(  ?)  work  in  Latin  have 
been  used  in  the  binding,  and  Professor  Beeson  has  recognized  their 
script  as  that  of  Monte  Cassino. 

13 .  AscANius  CoLUMNA  AND  Caesar  Baronius,  De  Monarchia  Sidliae. 

Paper,  ff.  33,  cm.  26X20.  (Ff.  1-3  and  33  being  blank,  the  leaves 
have  been  numbered  beginning  with  the  4th;    296  is  numbered  30. 


l<- 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  13 

This  numbering  we  have  followed  below.)  Single  columns,  23  lines, 
8  quires  of  4,  preceded  by  a  fly-leaf.  Rulings  for  side  margins,  for  the 
inner  margins  on  the  recto,  for  the  outer  on  the  verso.  Berlin  Purchase 
no.  48.     Century  XVII. 

Label :  none.    The  leaves  are  without  a  cover. 

Contents:  Opinion  of  Cardinal  Colonna  upon  views  expressed  by 
Baronius  de  Monarchia  Siciliae,  in  the  11th  volume  of  his  Annales, 
with  Baronius'  reply  and  defense. 

1.  Ascanii  Cardinalis  Columnae,  eorum  quae  Caesar  Cardinalis 
Baronius  de  Monarchia  Siciliae  scripsit  indicium,  ff.  la-46.  After  this 
title,  Incip.:  Obtulisti  mihi  ex  hispania  redeunti,  xi.  ac  postremiun  typis 
impressum  historiarum  tuarum  Thomum.  Plurimis  rogasti  precibus, 
ut  quae  de  Siciliae  Monarchia  scripseras,  excurrerem  attentius,  et  quae 
mea  de  illis  esset  sententia,  libere  declararem. — Explic:  speroque  fore  ut 
ea  quae  ego  amore  ac  Christiana  pietate,  et  legi  et  scripsi,  eadem  tu, 
et  oblata  excipias,  et  legas  excepta. 

2.  Cardinalis  Baronii  respontio  apologetica  adversus  Cardinalis 
Columnae  indicium  de  Siciliae  Monarchia  in  xi.  Annal.  tom.,  ff.  5a-266. 
After  this  title,  Incip.:  Lubrica  res  est  Concordia  fratrum. — Explic: 
etiam  quotidiani  foeneris  cumulanda  perpetuo  servaturiun. 

3.  Letter  of  Baronius  to  Philip  III  of  Spain,  ff.  27a-29b  (numbered 
30-).  Incip.:  Sacra  Regia  Catholica  Maiestas.  Non  ante  creationem 
Summi  Pontif(icis)  eiusdemque  aetate. — Explic:  valeat  semper  Deo 
placens,  hominibusque  proficiens  Catholica  Maiestas  vestra.  Datum 
in  Tusculano.  Idibus  lunii  1605.  Catholicae  Maiestati  vestrae  addi- 
tissimus  servus  Caesar  Cardinalis  Baronius. 

Baronius  (1538-1607)  undertook  his  Annales  Ecclesiastici  at  the 
order  of  his  superior  Philip  Neri,  and  published  them  in  twelve  volumes, 
1588-1607.  His  attitude  on  the  Spanish  pretensions  to  the  possession 
of  Sicily  offended  Spain,  and  Spanish  opposition  prevented  his  election 
as  Pope,  1607. 

Watermark:  An  agnus  dei  within  a  double  circle:  on  the  outer  circle 
above  the  lamb,  the  letter  A. — In  the  fly-leaf:  a  fowl  within  a  circle. 

14.  DiODORUS  SicuLUS,  Bibliotheca. 

Paper,  ff.  200,  cm.  28.3X20.5,  in  20  quires,  of  10;  single  columns 
of  30  lines.  The  hand  that  numbered  the  leaves  made  an  error  at  f.  52, 
which  is  numbered  51.  Rulings  on  one  side  only.  Berlin  Purchase 
no.  11.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  Diodor.  Sic.  Poggii  Florentin.  Codex  Cartac.  Below,  94, 
on  a  paper  label  like  that  of  nos.  2,  6,  12,  17,  18,  39,  47,  54,  63,  65. 

Contents:  Diodorus  Siculus,  Library  of  History,  six  books,  in  the 
Latin  version  of  Poggio  of  Florence. 

1.  Prohemium  in  libros  Diodori  Siculi  quos  Poggius  Florentinus 


14         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

latinos  fecit  ad  Nicolaum  Quintum  Summum  Pontificem.  Ff.  la-2a. 
Incip.:  [IJulius  antea  quantum  vis  praeclarus  rerum  scriptor  fuit, 
sanetissime  pater. — Explic:   Sed  iam  ipse  diodorus  loquatur. 

2.  Diodori  Siculi  Historiarum  Priscarum  a  Poggio  in  latinum  tra- 
ducti  incipit  liber  primus.     F.  2a. 

Lib.  1,  ff.  2a-23a.  Incip.:  [Mjagnas  merito  gratias  rerum  scripto- 
ribus  homines  debent. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  23a-50a.  This  and  the  remaining  books  have  a  table 
of  contents  prefixed  to  each. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  50a-776. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  78a-1146. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  1146-1 57a. 

Lib.  6,  ff.  157a-2006.  Explic:  Quibus  de  rebus  suo  loco  scribetur  a 
nobis.     Finis. 

A  later  hand  has  supplied  frequent  marginal  notes  designed  as 
guides  to  the  contents.  Space  has  occasionally  been  left  for  large  initials, 
which  have  not  been  supplied.  There  are  small  marginal  capitals, 
which  have  been  touched  up  in  red.  The  manuscript  is  probably  some 
little  time  later  than  the  time  of  Pope  Nicholas  V  (1447-55)  to  whom  the 
translation  is  addressed,  f.  la.  A  cardinal's  arms  (those  of  Pius  VI 
halved  ["impaled"]  with  a  lion  rampant)  are  stamped  upon  the  binding; 
of.  the  arms  of  Pius  VI,  on  the  bindings  of  Glycas,  Georgius  Hamartolus, 
and  de  Ranee  (nos.  47-49,  65). 

15.  Diogenes  Laertius,  De  Vita  et  Moribus  Philosophorum. 

Paper,  ff.  192,  cm.  29X21.7,  single  columns,  34  lines.  20  quires  of 
10,  except  the  20th  (2).  Rulings  on  one  side  only.  A  single  parch- 
ment fly-leaf  at  the  beginning  gives  a  table  of  contents,  in  a  less  care- 
ful hand  (double  columns).  Handsomely  illuminated  initials  on  ff.  la, 
2a.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  12.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  wanting. 

Contents:   Diogenes  Laertius,  De  Vita  et  Moribus  Philosophorum, 
^^CX  -    ten  books,  in  a  Latin  version  of  Ambrose  of  Camaldoli. 

v^  1.  The  parchment  fly-leaf  gives  the  contents  in  detail  and  by  pages. 
Incip.:  Diogenis  Laertii  Tabula,  librorum  decem,  de  vitis  ac  sententiis, 
eorum  qui  in  philosophia  claruerunt. — Explic:  Finis  huiuscae  operis 
tabulae  a  me  camillo  brunello  Theri  scriptae  atque  compositae,  etc. 
vale.  In  another  hand,  Saeculi  [JXIV  aut]]  XV.  Another  hand  has 
deleted  XIV  aut,  and  added  a  flourish. 

2.  Incipit  Prefatio  Ambrosii  monachi  Chamaldulensis  in  libro 
Laertii  Diogenis  de  vita  et  moribus  philosophorum  ad  Cosmam  Medicem. 
(Doubtless  Cosimo  de'  Medici,  1389-1464.) 

Volventi  mihi  quedam  greca  volumina  venit  ad  manus  Laertii 
Diogenis  de  philosophis  prolixum  opus,  ff.  lo-2a. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  15 

3.  Laertii  Diogenis  vite  atque  sententiae  eorum  qui  in  philosophia 
claruerunt.  Philosophiam  a  barbaris  initia  sumpsisse  plerique  autum- 
ant,  ff.  2a-5a.  There  follow,  Lib.  1,  ff.  5a-206,  lives  of  Thales  Milesius, 
Solon  Salaminus,  Chilo,  Pittacus,  Bias  Prieneus,  Cleobolus,  Periander, 
Anacharsis,  Myson,  Epimenides,  Pherecides. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  21a-44a."  Anaximander,  Anaximenes,  Anaxagoras,  Arche- 
laus,  Socrates,  Xenophon,  Aeschines,  Aristippus,  Theodorii,  Phedon, 
Euclides,  Stilpo,  Crito,  Simon,  Glaucus,  Simmias,  Cebes,  Menedemus. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  Ua-QOa:  Plato. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  Q0a-71a:  Speusippus,  Xenocrates,  Polemo,  Crates, 
Grantor,  Archesilaus,  Bion,  Lacides,  Carneades,  Clitomachus. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  71a-856.'  Aristoteles,  Theophrastus,  Strato,  Lycon,  Deme- 
trius Phalereus,  Heraclides. 

Lib.  6,  ff.  86a-1026;  Antisthenes,  Diogenes,  Monimus  Syracusanus, 
Enesicretus  (al.  Onesicratus),  Crates,  Metrocles,  Hipparchia,  Menippus, 
Menedemus. 

Lib.  7,  ff.  102&-1346.-    Zeno,  Cleanthes,  Crysippus. 

Lib.  8,  ff.  135a-1486;  Pithagoras,  Empedocles,  Epicharmus,  Archi- 
tas,  Alcmeon,  Hippasus,  Philolaus,  Eudokus. 

Lib.  9,  ff.  149a-168a.-  Heraclitus,  Xenophanes,  Parmenides,  Melissus, 
Zeno  Eleates,  Leucippus,  Democritus,  Protagoras,  Diogenes,  Anax- 
archus,  Pyrro,  Timon. 

Lib.  10,  ff.  168a-1926.-  Epicurus. 

Explic:    lamentis  prosecuti  non  stmt  defuncti  celeriorem  obitum. 

Laertii  diogenis  de  vitis  atque  sententiis  eorum  qui  in  philosophia 
claruerunt  liber  decimus  et  ultimus  explicit  feliciter.    Finis. 

Some  spaces  are  left  for  words  which  the  scribe  probably  found 
illegible  in  his  exemplar,  e.g.,  ff.  1066-1096,  1126-113a,  1146,  etc.  Some 
marginal  notes.  One,  in  red  like  the  titles  and  superscriptions,  after  the 
conclusion  of  Lib.  7  on  f.  1346  reads:  Deesse  videtur  multum  in  septimo 
libro,  sed  ita  habetur  in  greco  exemplari.  On  the  inside  of  the  first  cover, 
a  hand  different  from  those  of  the  manuscript  has  written  traversayi. 
On  the  inside  of  the  last  cover  is  penciled  a  price  mark  in  lire;  also  a 
note  of  six  lines  in  ink :  Al  mio  magnifico  e  honorando  Sa'""  a  li  chi 
passati  lo  pier  martiro  stichi  In  .  .  .  monte  Santo  Martino,  etc. 

16.  Epistola  Conventus  Carthusiensis  Sandi  Salvatoris  Erffordi. 

Parchment,  f.  1,  cm.  13X14.3,  once  glued  face  downward  as  a  guard 
inside  the  back  cover  of  Hieronymus  in  Ysayam  (no.  25).  One  wide 
column,  12  lines,  mutilated  at  beginnings  by  trimming.  Written  in 
1441,  at  Erfurt,  the  sheet  was  used  probably  in  1442  in  the  binding  of 
the  Hieronymus  manuscript,  which  was  written  in  1442,  and  belonged 
to  the  same  convent. 

Label:  wanting. 


16         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

Contents:  Address  by  the  Carthusian  Convent  of  The  Holy  Savior, 
at  Erfurt,  1441. — As  this  is  brief,  and  has  the  interest  of  an  original 
document,  its  text  is  given  in  full. 

]  .  .  ulis    Prior   Totusque  Conventus   domus   Sancti  Salva- 
toris  Erffordi  ordinis  Carthus(iensis) 
]b  .  .  er  eius  legitime  ac  filie.    In  Bremen  commora(n)tibus 

Salutem  et  p suffragia 

]  .  sempiterna    vestre   meretur   devotionis   affectus   quod   ad 
ordinem  nostrum  et  specialiter  ad  domum 
]s  quatenus  quibusdam  spiritualibus    roboretur    fulcimentis  ut  eo 
amplius  crescat  in  fervore 
]s  aput  deum  piis  fuerit  suffragiis  adiutus.    Hinc  est  per  vos  om- 
nium missarum  orationum 
]  .  vigiliarum  abstinenciarum  et  ele(m)osinarum  ceterorumque 
religiosorum  exercicorum  ac  bonorum  spiritualia 
]  .  .  .  .  et  domino  nostro  Ihesu  Christo  in  domo  nostra  hunt  et  quem- 
libet  fient  in  futurum  partici 
]  .  .  .  pariter  et  in  morte  Addicientes  de  gratia  speciali  quod  cum  obitus 
vester  quem  dominus  felicem 
]  Et   conventui   nuncciatus.    per   animam   vestram   in   remedio. 

tales  iniungens  orationes  celebrari.  quae 
]  principibus  fieri  consueverunt    In  cuius  testimonium  Sigillum 
domus  nostre  praesentibus  durius  ( ?) 
]  anno  domini  millesimo  cccc.  xli.     In  crastino  beate  Agathe  virginis 
et  martyris 

Dicatis   (or  Dicatur?)   singulis  diebus  pro 
ordine  nostro  tria  pater  noster  et  ave  maria 

17.  EusEBius,  Chronica. 

Paper,  ff.  44,  cm.  40.5X28.5,  in  5  quires,  of  10,  except  the  5th  (4). 
Ff.  1-6,  double  columns;  ff.  7-44,  chronicle  form;  38-50  lines.  Line 
rulings  on  one  side,  column  rulings  on  both  sides.  Berlin  Purchase  no. 
14.     1455. 

Label:  Euseb.  Hiero.  et  Prosp.  Chron.  Mss.  1455. — On  the  back  at 
the  bottom  no.  164,  on  a  paper  label,  like  that  on  nos.  2,  6,  12,  14,  18, 
39,  47,  54,  63,  65. 

Contents:  The  Chronicle  of  Eusebius,  in  the  Latin  version  of  Jerome, 
with  his  continuation  and  that  of  Prosper  of  Aquitaine.  Incip.:  Incipit 
Cronica  Eusebii  Hyeronimi  cum  superadditis  Prosperi. — Explic: 
Ab  adam  vero  usque  in  praesentem  annum  domini  1455  quo  hoc  opus 
felicissime  extitit,  6654. 

®€(OKaTr]v 
The  contents  in  detail  are : 

1.  The  so-called  Obtestatio  Eusebii,  beginning  Adiuro  te  quicum- 
que  hos  descripseris  libros,  etc.     F.  la. 


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2.  Prefatio  Hyeronimi :  Eusebius  Hyeronimus  Vincentio  et  Galieno 
suis  salutem.     Ff.  la-2a. 

3.  Incipit  Eusebii  interpretata  prefatio.     Ff.  2a-36. 

4.  Interpretatio  sancti  Hyeronimi  De  nominibus  gentium  felicissime 
Amen  sic  ordiens.    Ff.  36-46. 

5.  Exordium  libri  feliciter  incipit.     Ff .  Ab-7a. 

6.  The  Chronicle.  Ff.  7a-446.  (The  "Series  Regum"  usual  at 
the  beginning  does  not  appear.)  From  Anno  Mimdi  ca.  3100  to  5646. 
Incip.:  Regnum  assiriorum.  Primus  omni  asie  regnavit  Ninus.  F.  7a. 
— Explic:  Valentiniano  vi  et  Nono  consulibus.  (Anno  Mundi)  5646. 
Hie  finit  prosper  post  hieronimum.  Explicit  cronica  Eusebii  Hieronimi 
Prosperi. 

Gratias  Domino  nostro  lesu  Christo  Amen 
Fifteen  lines  following  give  lengths  and  limits  of  various  periods,  and 
last  of  all  the  date  of  the  manuscript  as  above,  a.d.  1455,  a.m.  6654. 
The  Chronica  falls  into  three  parts: 

(1)  Eusebius,  ff.  7a-36a  (a.m.  5520).  Hactenus  Eusebius.  Dein- 
ceps  Hyeronimus. 

(2)  Hieronymus,  ff.  366-386  (ca.  a.m.  5520-5580).  Hucusque 
Hieronimus. 

(3)  Prosper  of  Aquitaine,  ff.  386-446  (ca.  a.m.  5580-5646).  Hie 
finit  prosper  post  hieronimum. 

F.  la  exhibits  two  interesting  capitals,  of  no  great  elegance.  The 
fly-leaf  in  the  back  shows  a  penciled  pricemark  in  lire. 

18.  Eusebius,  Historia  Ecclesiastica. 

Paper,  ff.  272,  cm.  25.8X19,  single  columns,  30-33  lines.  23  quires 
of  12,  except  the  1st  (11),  22d  (10),  and  23d  (11).  Ff.  10,  11  blank. 
Rulings  on  one  side.  Berlin  Purchase  no.  13.  Probably  century  XV 
or  XVI. 

Label:  Eusebii  Caesarie(nsis)  Historia  Ecclesia(stica)  M.S.  Below, 
no.  72,  on  a  paper  label  like  that  on  nos.  2,  6,  12, 14, 17, 39, 47, 54,  63,  65. 

Contents:  Eusebius,  Ecclesiastical  History,  eleven  books,  in  the 
Latin  version  of  Rufinus.  Incip.:  Quod  deus  et  dominus  et  creator 
(f.  2a).  Explic:  cum  piissimis  principibus  percepturus  premia  meri- 
torum  (f.  2726). — On  f.  la;  Historia  Ecclesiastica  Eusebii  Caesariensis, 
in  a  late  hand. 

1.  Chapter  titles  of  Lib.  1-11.     Ff.  2a-9a. 

2.  In  red:  Incipit  hystoria  ecc(lesi)astica  eusebii  cesariensis  episcopi 
translata  a  ruffino  presbytero  de  greco  in  latinum  ad  Cromatium  epis- 
copum.  Incipit  prologus.  F.  12a. — The  prologue  begins  Meritorum, 
instead  of  Peritorum,  the  illuminator  having  supplied  the  WTong  capital. 
Rufinus'  digression  on  Gregory  Thaumaturgus  is  present  after  7:28:2, 
(ff.  1776-1806),  as  well  as  his  form  of  Lib.  10,  and  his  Lib.  11.  Initials 
are  in  red  or  blue,  and  sometimes  handsomely  illuminated.    Quire  indi- 


18         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

cations  have  been  mostly  trimmed  away  in  rebinding.  Each  book  after 
the  first  is  preceded  by  a  list  of  chapter  titles.  The  arms  of  a  bishop 
(Cardinal  Fieschi  ?),  illuminated,  appear  at  the  foot  of  f.  12a. 

3.  The  Ecclesiastical  History,  in  11  books,  ff.  13a-2726.  The  books 
occupy  the  following  ff.: 

Lib.  1,  ff.  13a-326.  Lib.  6,  ff.  1336-164&. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  326-526.  Lib.  7,  ff.  165a-1876. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  526-786.  Lib.  8,  ff.  1876-207a. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  786-1036  Lib.  9,  ff.  2076-224a. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  1036-1336.  Lib.  10,  ff.  224a-2506. 

Lib.  11,  ff.  2506-2726. 

There  are  scholia,  as  well  as  a  few  corrections  by  a  later  hand  in  the 
margin.  The  scholia,  written  with  a  fine  pen,  have  in  part  been  trimmed 
away,  and  so  must  be  older  than  the  binding.  On  the  inside  of  the  back 
cover  is  a  pricemark  in  lire. 

19.  Evangeliorum  Quattuor  Harmonia. 

Paper,  ff.  117,  cm.  13.4X10.2,  single  columns,  22-24  lines.  10 
quires,  of  12,  except  the  10th  (8).  Quire  signatures  (first  word  follow- 
ing) stand  at  the  foot  of  the  last  versos  of  quires  1-9.  The  leaf -openings 
are  numbered  in  red,  1-111,  f.  la  being  numbered  1,  ff.  16,  2a,  2,  etc. 
Hengstenberg  Collection.     Century  XV. 

Label:  wanting.  The  binding  is  of  parchment,  parts  of  two  missals 
having  been  used  for  it. 

Contents:  A  Latin  Harmony  of  the  Four  Gospels.  Incip.:  .yhs. 
L.  1 

Fuit  in  diebus  herodis  regis  iude  sacerdos  quidam  (f.  la). — Explic: 
domino  cooperante  et  sermonem  confirmante  sequentibus  signis. — 
Then,  in  red:  Yhesus  dulcis  memoria  da  nobis  te  in  tua  gloria  Amen 
(f.  1116). 

Ff.  112a-1156,  a  table  of  contents,  now  incomplete,  showing  what 
chapters  of  the  gospels  are  used  in  each  section.  This  and  the  para- 
graphs following  (f.  116a,  6)  evidently  stood  originally  at  the  beginning, 
before  the  main  text.  Incip.:  Reliquit  yhesus  judeam  terram  et  abiit 
in  galiha  M  m  L  J,  f.  112a. — Explic:  Eiecit  vendentes  et  ementes  de 
templo  cum  introisset  in  eo.  21  11  19  (f.  1156). 

Ff.  116a,  6,  (1)  Explanation  of  preceding  table  and  (2)  prologue  to 
the  Harmony.  Incip.:  Explicit  tabula  super  ewangelium  domini 
nostri  et  salvatoris  yhesu  christi  filii  dei  et  virginis  marie  domine  nostre. 
Sequitur  rubricha  ad  intelligendum  ipsam  tabulam,  f.  116a.  (This  and 
the  rubric  following  in  red.) — The  prologue  follows  the  rubric.  Incip.: 
Cum  ewangelistarum  legissem  volumina  reperissemque  in  eis  signa 
multa  ac  verba  domini  yhesu,  f.  116a. — Explic:    Qui  non  studiosse  sed 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  19 

ignoranter  composui  credems  ac  firmiter  tenens  que  mater  ecclesia  per 
omnia  tenet:  (in  red)  Explicit  argumentum  Incipit  liber  feliciter:  f .  1166. 
In  the  Harmony,  the  materials  of  the  four  Gospels  are  minutely 
interwoven.  The  desire  to  omit  as  little  as  possible  has  led  to  much 
repetition,  but  the  work  has  been  painstakingly  and  apparently  inde- 
pendently done.  The  source  of  each  portion  of  text  is  indicated  by  the 
initial  of  the  evangelist  (M  m  L  J)  and  the  chapter  number,  in  red  above 
the  first  word  of  the  quotation.  The  use  of  the  present  chapter  numbers, 
devised  by  Stephen  Langton  at  the  end  of  the  thirteenth  century,  shows 
that  not  only  the  manuscript  but  very  probably  the  harmony  itself 
originated  after  the  thirteenth  century.  Indeed  it  is  probable  that  the 
Harmony  is  not  much  if  at  all  older  than  this  copy  of  it.  The  water 
marks,  abbreviations,  and  style  of  writing  point  to  a  date  for  the 
manuscript  in  the  fifteenth  century  {ca.  1450).  The  margins  have 
been  much  reduced  in  trimming,  the  red  section  titles  having  been  partly 
trimmed  away. 

The  guards  and  fly-leaves  contain  a  number  of  notes  in  early  hands. 
On  the  first  fly-leaf 

]  adi  17  marzo  1550  io  do  zuav  (...) 

]  [[maria  di  nargarado]] 

]  ego  iohanes  +  Caminus(?) 

On  the  last  fly-leaf,  recto,  este  liber  est  mei. — Verso,  Adi  17  marzo 

1550  io  do (    )o. — Within,  on  the  last  cover,  ]  hec 

sine  numine  domini(  ?)  eveniunt  (the  last  word  in  a  more  formal  hand). — 

Below,  badly  blotted,  ]  este  liber  est  mei  domini At 

the  end  of  the  text,  f.  1116,  a  later  hand  has  written,  Carissimo  aman- 
t(issim)o  m(esser)  barba  Sariti  contento  di  mandarmi. 

20.  HoRATius  Feltrius,  Conatus  irriti  Ossunae  duds  ne  a  regimine 
Neapolitani  regni  amoveretur  Liber  Unus. 

Paper,  ff.  32,  cm.  26X20.3,  single  columns,  21  lines.  5  quires,  of  8, 
except  1  (6)  and  2  (2).     1625. 

Contents :  f .  1,  Conatus  irriti  Ossunae  ducis  ne  a  regimine  NeapoUtani 
regni  amoveretur  liber  unus.  Ad  lectorem.  Auctore  Horatio  Feltrio 
Neapolitano  Viro  Patritio.— F.  2  contains  a  preface.  The  liistory 
occupies  ff.  3-32.  Incip.,  f.  3a;  Neapolitanum  Regnum,  in  extremis 
Italiae  finibus  situm.  .  .  Explic,  f.  32  (numbered  31):  a  Borgia 
retentus  perficere  non  valuit.  Underneath  this  the  beginning  of  a 
colophon  [[Usque  hue  scribebat]]  is  deleted.  Under  this  deletion 
another  colophon  is  written:  Cuncta,  quae  in  hoc  opuscuio  perleguntur, 
aut  propriis  oculis  inspexit,  aut  a  quamplurimis  audivit,  ac  bona  fide 
posteris  tradidit,  Horatius  Feltrius  Ant.  fil.  Marci  Nepos.  An 
M.DCXX.V. 


20  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

The  folio  numbering  (old)  omits  a  blank  leaf  after  no.  7,  now  the 
second  leaf  in  quire  2,  which  was  probably  originally  meant  to  fold  the 
other  way,  to  serve  as  cover  and  at  the  same  time  as  f.  1  of  quire  1, 
making  this,  as  well  as  quires  3-5  a  quaternion.  The  mistake  is  the 
binder's.  The  folio  numbering  must  of  course  have  been  written 
before  the  binding  was  done.  Scholia  and  corrections  by  a  hand  not 
much  later  than  the  writer's  appear  throughout,  in  the  margin. 

21.  Fides  Caietana. 

Paper,  ff.  142,  cm.  27X20,  single  columns,  27-29  lines.  15  quires,  of 
10,  except  1st  (8),  14th  (12),  and  15th  (2).  The  leaves  are  numbered 
1-140.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  45.     Century  XVII. 

Label:  Fides  Caietana  in  Controversia  Conceptionis  B.  Mariae  V, 
Above  this  a  square  paper  label  numbered  23,  with  fragment  of  a  later 
label.     Flexible  parchment  binding,  with  gilded  tooling. 

Contents:  Fides  Caietana  In  Controversia  Conceptionis  Beatae 
Mariae  Virginis  Vindicata  a  nullitatis  Iniuria  hominis  mendacis  in 
statera  sua  reperti:  f.  la.  A  Defense  of  Caietan's  doctrine  of  the 
Conception  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  against  Marracius.  Incip.:  Cum  in 
sacrosancta  Lateranensi  Synodo  Sub  Leone  X°  de  Conceptione  Beatae 
Virginis  Controversia  a  praesentibus  ageretur,  f.  la. — Explic:  quis  ita 
iudicet,  nisi  temerarius  ? 

Fidem  Caietanam  expertus  sum  plenam,  et  si  non  expertus  essem, 
plenam  credidissem,  non  obstantibus  quibuscumque  in  contra  adducit 
Marracius,  f.  1406. 

An  "Index"  (Table  of  Contents)  occupies  f.  141a,  b.  Incip.: 
Index  Paragraphorum  contentorum  in  hoc  opere,  cui  titulus  Fides 
^  Caietana  in  Controversia  Conceptionis  Beatae  Mariae  Virginis  vindicata 
a  nullitatis  Iniuria  hominis  mendacis  in  statera  sua  reperti,  f.  141a. — 
Explic:  Paragraphus  8s  De  Revelatione  sanctae  Caterinae  Virginis 
Senensis.  pag.  106.  (F.  1416.)    F.  142  is  blank. 

At  the  head  of  the  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning:  Vide  in  hoc 
man(uscripto),  etc.  In  the  outer  margin  of  f.  la,  a  stamp:  A  leaping 
hound  above  three  bars  (i.e.,  a  fess  gules  and  three  bendlets  purpure); 
around  it  *Ex.  MSS.  RA.  GA.D  GENTILI*.  At  the  foot  of  f.  la, 
Mss.  lOi  Carte  140  (the  number  of  the  manuscript  501,  and  of  its 
leaves,  without  the  index  quire).  A  price  mark  in  lire  is  penciled  on  the 
last  guard. 

22.  GiRARDUS  DE  Senis,  DistincHones . 

Paper,  ff.  160,  cm.  31.2X23.4  (except  ff.  1  and  10,  a  parchment 
pair),  double  columns,  60-66  lines,  18  quires,  of  10,  except  the  15th, 
16th  (6),  17th,  and  18th  (4).  Rulings  usually  on  both  sides.  Berlin 
Purchase?  1466-69. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  21 

Label:  wanting. 

Contents:  Girardus  of  Siena,  48  Distinctiones. — Errores  Philoso- 
phorum. 

1.  Distinctiones,  ff.  la-146&.  a)  Prologus,  ff.  la-216.  Incip.: 
Testatur  Pater  Noster  Aurelius  Aug(ustinus)  4  de  Trinitate.  Capitulo 
15  (the  reference  is  written  over  an  erasure)  quod  sunt  nonnulli  qui 
potuerunt  aciem  mentis  ultra  omnem  creaturam  transmittere  et  lucem 
incommutabilis  veritatis  quantulacumque  ex  parte  attingere  quod 
Christianos  ex  sola  fide  viventes  non  dum  potuissent  derident.  Ex 
quibus  verbis  potest  habere  evidenter  quod  etiam  ipsi  philosophi  naturali 
liunini  innitentes  ad  cognitionem  divinae  veritatis  pertingere  potuerunt. 
— Explic:  Ad  argumenta  principalia  patent  per  ea  quae  dicta  sunt  in 
articulis  et  hic(?)  est  finis. 

Explicit  prologus  Eximii  doctoris  G[[irardi  de  Senis]]  in  libro  sententi- 
arum  ordinis  fratrura  heremitarum  Sancti  Aug(ustin)i  Padue  scriptus 
In  vigilia  sancte  crucis  1466  die  13  septembris  deo  gratias  Amen. 

b)  Distinctiones  1-48,  ff.  22a-1466.  Incip.:  Circa  Primam  Dis- 
tinctionem  Primi  Libri.  Quero  Primo  Utrum  frui(ti)o  sit  essentialiter 
vmus  actus. — Explic:  cui  Christo  cum  sue  patre  et  sancto  spiritu  sit 
honor  et  gloria  in  secula  seculorum  Amen. 

Prima  Augusti    Die  Prima 

Explicit  hoc  opus  cum  dei  laude  quod  quidem  inceptum  fuit  1466  dum 
essem  magister  studencium  Et  tempore  magne  persecutionis  et  tempta- 
tionis.  Expletum  vero  cum  essem  lector  secundus  licet  immeritus  1468 
tempore  Magne  tranquillitatis  et  pacis  quam  nopUbis  ille  qui  sine  fine 
vivit  et  regnat    Amen    concedat.    Amen. 

7  die  Septembris 
Finis 

Ad  santum  antonium  et  sanctum  lacobum  eundo  X.  die  Aprilis 
[[accessi]]  iter  incepi.  Perfeci  autem  26  Augusti  et  eadem  hora  qua 
praecysse  Recessi  Reversus  sum  incarnationis  (or  incolumis  ?)  1469. 

c)  Table  of  Contents  of  the  five  Questiones  of  the  Prologue  and  the 
48  Distinctiones  of  the  text,  ff.  147o-148a.  Incip.:  Questio  prima 
Utrum  cognitio  divine  veritatis  acquisita  in  theologia  possit  haberi  per 
scientias  a  philosophis  adinventas. — Explic:  Quadragesime  octava 
distinctio  questio  Utrum  voluntas  nostra  debeat  esse  conformis  volun- 
tati  divine.    Deo  gratias  Amen. 

2.  Title:  In  another  hand :  Incipiunt  Errores  Philosophorum  Aristo- 
telis  Averrois  Avicenne  A(l)gazelis  Alkandi  Rabi  moises.  A  fratre 
Egidio  col(e)c(tor)i(?)  ordinis  fratrum  heremitarimi  sancti  Augustini 
Et  primo  de  compilatione  errorum  Aristotelis,  capitulum  primum  (red), 
ff.    1486-1506.     Incip.:     [Q]uoniam  uno   incon (sequent) i   dato   multa 


22  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

contingunt  sine  secundo  ex  uno  malo  fundamento  pertulit  philosophus 
multos  errores. — Explic:  capitulum  14°'  in  quo  inponitur  finis  prime 
parti (s?)  huius  operis  (red). 

There  is  appended  a  note  of  ten  lines:  Incip.:  0  bone  ihesu  ad 
laudem  tuam. — Explic:  cui  sit  hono(r)  et  gloria  in  secula  seculorum 
Amen.    1469  die  24  septembris  (the  date  in  red). 

This  first  part  alone,  De  Compilatione  errorum,  in  14  chapters  was 
inscribed  in  the  manuscript.  This  Augustinian  Aegidius  was  perhaps 
the  Augustinian  Aegidius  Coliunna  or  de  Roma,  archbishop  of  Bourges 
(tDecember22, 1316). 

Ff.  151a-152a  are  left  blank. 

3.  Puncta  in  quibus  communiter  reprobatur  et  a  doctoribus  magister 
non  tenetur  In  primo  libro  sentenciarum.  F.  152&. — Explic:  hanc 
incipit  excusari  per  hobedientiam  et  timorem  de  hoc  quod  poscenti 
mulieri  debitimi  reddidit  a  qua  ipse  niunquam  poscere  debet. 

4.  The  Letter  of  Lentulus  to  the  Senate :  (In  still  another  very  fine 
hand.)  Lentulus  habens  officium  in  partibus  ludeae  herodis  ad  sena- 
tores  romanos  hanc  epistolam  deferre  iussit. — In  a  coarser  hand,  23 
lines.  Incip.:  Apparuit  temporibus  nostris  et  ad  hue  est  homo  magne 
virtutis  nominatus  Ihesus  Christus. — Explic:  et  brachia  visu  delecta- 
bilia  In  colloquio  gratus  vivit  et  modestus  inter  fiUos  hominum  (Cf.  v. 
Dobschiitz,  Christusbilder,  p.  308**,  where  a  list  of  manuscripts  of  this 
letter  is  given.)  Below,  in  a  coarser  hand,  the  ink  much  faded,  this 
note  is  written: 

Hunc  librum  quem  composuit  Reverendus  Magister  Girardus 
senensis  Ex  suo  originali  senis  U  .  .  ]]  existente  Reverendus  Magister 
Martucius  de  prata  extraxit  ac  propria  manu  scripsit  cum  esset 
senis  tunc  baccalaureus :  quem  quidam  magister  neapolitanus  ex  con- 
ventu  pratensi  accepit;  postea  vero  conscientia  forte  motus:  mihi  fratri 
Augustino  de  prata  neapoli  cursori  (corr.)  existenti  reddidit  quem  deo 
duce:  ac  auxilio  virginis  marie:  et  beati  patris  nostri  Augustini  nee 
non  virginis  Caterine:  totum  videbo  ac  iuxta  me  retinebo  et  conventui 
nostro  pratensi  meo  in  recessu  ex  hoc  mundo  relinquam:  habui  ipsum(?) 
Anno  Domini  1520:  19:  lunii  hanc  scripturam  scripsi  sole  existente  in 
septimo  gradu  canceris :  luna  vero  in  septimo  gradu  virginis :  quapropter 
deo  et  virgini  gloriosissime  mariae  immortales  gratias  ago:  ut  mihi 
semper  auxilium  praestent:  ut  in  mundo  tranquillitatem  (or  -tis?) 
vitam  (or  -vam  ?)  postea  vero  eternam  tribuant :  per  christum  dominum 
nostrum  amen. 
(In  a  finer  hand) : 

Die  24       Istum  librum  habui  ego  frater  Herennius  a  fratre  augus- 
Octobris  15.   tino  pratensi  lectori  simul  cum  ego  super  epistulas  pauli 
22.  quibus  g67(  ?)  dedi  ei  thomam  de  argentina  et  gregorium 

ariminensem. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  23 

Thomas  of  Argentina  (Strassburg)  (tl357)  and  Gregory  of  Ariminum 
(flourished  1358)  were  eminent  Augustinians. 

5.  Index  to  the  Distinctiones,  fif.  153a-1556.  (In  another  hand): 
Tabula  super  rescriptum  girardi  per  alphabetum  (corr.)  coUecta  quae 
incipit  a  litera  .  A.  The  Index  is  accordingly  alphabetical  running 
from  Abas  to  Universis. 

In  what  is  probably  another  hand,  a  note  of  10  lines;  Incip.:  Et  in 
hoc  completur  hec  tabula  facta  et  ordinata  [[8  words  crossed  out]]  cum 
dei  laude. — Explic:  1470  In  octava  beati  Augustini  patris  nostri  aiu-elii. 

Ff.  1566-1606  are  blank  except  that  a  price-mark  in  lire  is  penciled  at 
the  top  of  f.  1596,  and  a  very  fine  hand  has  written  at  the  top  of  f.  157a 
three  lines;  Incip.:  Queritur  utrum  Theologia  sit  practica  vel  speculativa 
et  arguitur  primo  quod  sit  practica. — Explic:  vacat  quia  scripsi  illam 
in  alio  quintemo. 

Three  fly-leaves  at  the  beginning  of  the  codex,  of  smaller  size  and 
whiter  paper,  are  blank  and  are  not  included  in  our  reckoning  of  leaves. 
At  the  head  of  f.  153a  Ih(es)us  is  written  in  a  fine  hand.  Gerard  of 
Siena  flourished  in  1330  (fca.  1336). 

23.  GuiDO  DE  Monte  Rotherii,  Tractatus,  etc. 

Paper,  ff.  (16-|-)  108,  cm.  21.3X15.5,  single  columns,  33-35  lines; 
in  11  quires,  of  10  except  the  11th  (8).  The  leaves  are  numbered  in 
mixed  Roman  and  Arabic  l-c4,  1046-1086  having  originally  been  left 
blank.  At  the  beginning  now  stand  2  quires  of  prefatory  and  other 
material,  the  1st  of  12,  the  2d  of  4.  These  are  irregularly  numbered 
(1-9  and  13).    The  second,  ff.  13a-146,  gives  table  of  contents.     1461. 

Label :    wanting. 

Contents:  Guido  de  Monte  Rotherii  (Mt.  Roteil),  Tractatus.  With 
other  material. 

The  two  prefatory  quires,  ff.  1-16,  contain: 

1.  Utilissimo  modo  de  confessare  secundo  frate  Nicholo  da  Osino 
(Osmo?)  del  ordine  de  la  observanza  de  sam  Francescho,  ff.  la-126 
(including  the  commandments  and  seven  deadly  sins).  Incip.:  Primo 
la  persona  che  se  vole  ben  confessare. — Explic:  Quilibet  observet 
anime  medicamina  dando,  etc.  For  the  most  part  in  Italian,  but  with 
some  Latin  interspersed. 

2.  Table  of  Contents  of  Guido's  Tractatus,  ff.  13a-146.  Incip.: 
[I]n  isto  libello  sunt  tres  particule.  Explic:  Quartum  de  dotibus  glorie 
paradisi  C.  4.  This  quire  of  4  leaves,  thus  inscribed,  was  the  original 
prefatory  quire  of  the  manuscript.  On  its  blank  portions  has  been 
written  in  a  hand  not  much  later: 

3.  De  Interdicto,  ff.  146-166.  Incip.:  Interdictum  aliud  est 
generale  aliud  particulare. — Explic:  vel  totaliter  relassatur  coniura- 
mento  ut  ex(  )e.  alma  h.  vi°.  etc. 


24  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

The  body  of  the  manuscript  contains  certain  tractates  of  Guide 
de  Monte  Rotherii,  in  three  parts:  I,  De  sacramentis,  etc.,  deals  with 
Baptism,  Confirmation,  Eucharist,  Mass,  etc.;  II,  De  paenitentiis,  etc.; 
Ill,  De  fidei  articulis,  etc. 

Prohemium.  Incip.,  f.  la:  Reverendo  in  christo  patri  ac  domino 
domino  Raimundo  divina  providentia  sancte  sedis  valentie  Episcopo 
suorum  devotorum  minimus  Guido  de  monte  Rotherii. — Explic,  f.  16; 
Scriptum  Turoli  m.  ccc.  xxxiii. 

Prologus,  ff.  16,  2a.  Pars  1,  Tract.  1,  cap.  1.  Incip.,  f.  2a:  Scien- 
diun  ergo  quod  omnia  sacramenta  nove  legisf  uerunt. — Explic,  f.  104a; 
pro  me  peccatore  ad  dominum  preces  fundat:  Laus  deo.  finitus  anno 
domini  1461.  die.  xi.  Septembr.  hora  nona. 

The  text  is  followed  (1)  by  a  note  in  an  early  hand,  f.  104a;  Incip.: 
Nolentes  et  a().  Licet  secundum  Legem  mosaicam  certi  dies  determinati 
fuissent. — Explic:  noncredimus  improbandam.  Alexander  iij,  f.  104a. 
(2)  by  various  forms  of  absolution,  ff.  1046-1066,  in  a  large  handsome 
hand.  Incip.:  Forma  Absolutionis  a  culpa  .  et  pena.  Dominus  yhesus 
christus  per  suam  sanctam  piissimam  misericordiam  te  absolvat. — 
Explic:  possent  enim  ab  iniustis  iniquis  ac  iracionabilibus  appellari. — Ff. 
107a-1086  blank,  except  for  two  geometrical  figures  on  f.  1086. 

Various  hands  have  annotated  the  margins  here  and  there.  A 
note  in  a  late  hand  stands  at  the  foot  of  prefatory  f.  la;  CoUg.  Mut. 
Soc.  Jesu. — This  suggests  Modena  as  a  former  home  of  the  manuscript. — 
"Guido  de  Monte  Rotherii  vixit  anno  1030"  (Du  Cange). 

24.  HiERONYMUS,    Commentaria  in  Amos, 

Parchment,  f.  1,  almost  complete  (in  2  pieces);  cm.  33.2X20.5, 
2  columns,  line  and  column  rulings  in  ink  on  both  sides.  28  lines. 
Century  XV? 

Used  as  coverguards  in  binding  Widmanstadt,  Novima  Testa- 
mentum  Syriace,  Vienna,  1555  (Editio  princeps)  (accession  15018), 
Am.  Bible  Union.    Pp.  cm.  21X14.3. 

Contents:  Recto:  At  the  top:  amos  propheta  (in  red).  Incip.: 
autem  infirma.  Senectus  quidem  multa. — Explic:  luravit  dominus 
deus  in  sancto  suo  quia  ecce  venient.  Verso:  Incip.:  dies  super  vos. 
et  levabunt  vos  in  contis. — Explic:  captivitatis  miseriis  oppriraendas 
Quodque  se[quitur. 

A  magnificent  capital  A  in  red  and  green  on  frag.  2. 

On  frag.  2,  successive  possessors  of  the  printed  book  have  written 
their  names  with  dates  1601,  1620,  1662,  1730. 

Cf.  ed.  Vallarsi,  VI,  coll.  263-66. 

25.  HiERONYMUS,   Explanationes  in   Ysayam,  Excerpta. 

Paper,  ff.  420,  cm.  14.8X10.8.  Single  columns,  27-29  hues,  in 
27  quires  (including  two  prefatory)  of  16,  except  nos.  1  (14)  and  27  (6). 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  25 

Front  guard  and  fly-leaf  of  parchment.  A  similar  guard  (no.  15)  has 
been  removed  from  back  cover,  leaving  its  writing  printed  off  on  the 
wooden  board.  Column  rulings  in  ink.  Probably  written  at  Erfurt, 
in  the  Carthusian  convent;  cf.  no.  16,  used  in  the  binding  of  this 
manuscript.     Hengstenberg  ?     1442. 

Label:   wanting. — Remains  of  one  brass  clasp. 

Contents:    Hieronymus,  Explanationes  in  Isaiam,  Excerpta. 

1.  Registrum  in  18.  libros  explanacionum  sancti  leronimi  in  y  say  am, 
£f.  la-SOa.    Alphabetically  arranged. 

2.  Ex  Dictis  sancti  leronimi  super  ysaiam,  ff.  31a-416a.  Incip.: 
[Yhesus]  Christus  virtus  dei  est,  deique  sapientia. — Explic:  mixtam 
clemencie  suariun  indicum  Explicit  commentariolum  excerptum  ex  18. 
libris  explanacionum  beati  leronimi  super  ysaiam.  1442.  Deo  gratias 
aleluya  (these  three  words  with  musical  notes  above  them).  Below, 
in  a  hand  perhaps  later:  Carbunculus  significat  ignitum  sermonem 
doctrine  Saphirus  doctissimus  disputator  propugnaculum  est  ecclesie 
laspis  est  diversi  generis.    Cristallus  est  munditia  cordis. 

3.  Appendix:  Ex  libro  8.  explanacionum  beati  leronimi  super 
ysaiam  quaedam  notabilia:  Incip.:  Clemencia  dei  patris,  ff.  417a,  b. 
— Kindred  material  from  Lyra,  etc.,  ff.  418a,  h.  Explic:  locutus  est 
de(?)  populo  ysrael  sub  nomine  imice. 

In  a  fine  late  hand,  foot  of  f .  la.-  Ex  Libris  Cartusiae  Erfor(diensis?). 

The  front  guard  is  from  an  older  parchment  manuscript,  a  lection- 
ary,  and  preserves  parts  of  Matt.  25:31-37.  Incip.:  ihs  discipulis 
suis. — Explic:  te  vidimus  esurientem  et  non. — On  the  parchment 
fly-leaf,  Kirchenvater  181,  and  various  Latin  and  German  notes;  an 
early  one,  on  the  verso,  reads :  libellus  iste  pertinet  ad  f ratres  carthu- 
sienses  prope  erffordeam.  Continetur  hie  registrum  et  extracta  libro- 
rum  sancti  leronimi  super  Isayam. 

26.  Horae,   Latin  and   French. 

Parchment,  ff.  126,  cm.  12.3X9.4,  single  colunms  of  14  lines.  19 
quires,  of  8,  except  12th  and  16th  (2),  19th  (3),  1st,  2d,  7th,  and  18th 
(6),  5th,  6th,  and  15th  (7),  and  14th  (10).  There  is  one  quire-signature 
(foot  of  f .  576) ;  the  rest  were  probably  trimmed  away  when  the  manu- 
script received  its  present  green  velvet  binding.  The  pages  are  elabo- 
rately decorated  with  borders  and  illuminations,  and  there  are  ten 
remarkable  miniatures  in  the  French  (Burgundian  ?)  style,  cm.  5.5X5, 
as  follows : 

F.  13a,  The  Annunciation. 

F.  24a,  The  Visitation. 

F.  36a,  The  Angels  and  the  Shepherds. 

F.  40a,  The  Adoration  of  the  Magi. 

F.  44a,  The  Holy  FamUy. 


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F.  50a,  The  Flight  into  Egypt. 

F.  54a,  The  Circumcision. 

F.  60a,  The  Coronation  of  the  Virgin. 

F.  65a,  Christ  Supreme. 

F.  83o,  Requiem. 

Rulings  on  both  sides  in  red.  Berlin  Purchase  no.  43.  University 
of  Chicago  accession  250961.  Probably  century  XV.  Professor 
Thompson  favors  a  date  between  1400  and  1450. 

Contents:   Latin  and  French  Prayers. 

1.  Calendar,  in  French,  ff.  la-126.  Incip.:  lanwier  a  xxxi  iours. — 
Explic:   xii  I  a  I  kl'  I  Saint  sevestre. 

2.  Latin  prayers,  ff.  13a-1006.  Incip.:  f.  13a,  Domine  labia  mea 
aperies. 

F.  24a,  Incip.:  Deus  in  adiutorium  meimi  intends. 
F,  36a,  Incip.:  Deus  in,  etc. 
F.  40a,  Incip.:  Deus  in,  etc. 
F.  44a,  Incip.:  Deus  in,  etc. 
F.  50a,  Incip.:  Deus  in,  etc. 
F.  54a,  Incip.:  Deus  in,  etc. 

F.  60a,  Incip.:  Converte  nos  deus  salutaris  noster. 
F.  65a,  Incip.:   Domine  ne  in  furore  tuo  arguas. 
F.  77a  letania:  Incip.:  Kyrie  eleyson. 

F.  83a,  Incip.:  ant(iphona)  Placebo  Dilexi  quoniam  exaudiet  domi- 
nus. — Explic:  in  vitam  eternam  amen. 

3.  French  prayers,  evidently  those  of  a  lady,  £f.  1006-1226.    Incip.: 

Oroison  a  notre  Seigneur. 
Tres  doulx  dieux  sire  glorieux 
Vray  ih(es)u  crist  humbles  et  piteux. 
F.  110a,  Incip.:  Kyrieleyson  Xpisteleyson 

Kyrieleyson  Letanie  en  fra(n)cois. 
F.  117a,  Incip.:  Oroison  du  saint  esperit 

Veni  creator  sains  esperis. 
F.  118a,  Incip.:  1  ave  maria  en  fra(n)cois 
Ave  gracieuse  lumiere 
Qui  tons  les  desuoyes  avoye. 
Explic,  f.  1226;   Diront  ceste  ave  marie.    Amen. 

4.  Latin  prayers  and  scriptures,  ff.  1226-126a.  Incip.,  f.  1226; 
O  Intemerata  et  in  eternum  benedicta  singularis  et  in  eternum  incom- 
parabilis  virgo  dei  genitrix  maria. 

F.  124a,  Incip.:  Oratio.     Fideliimi  deus  omnium  conditor. 

F.  125a,  Incip.:  Inicium  sancti  ewangelii  secundum  iohannem 
Gloria  tibi  domine  In  principio  erat  verbum. — Explic,  f.  126a; 
plenum  gracie  et  veritatis.     Deo  gracias. 

On  the  front  guard  j — ^  i^  written;  on  the  back  guard  (....) 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  27 

R.P.P. — A    clipping    from    a    (Berlin?)    printed    catalogue,    with    a 
description  of  the  manuscript,  is  attached  to  the  front  paper. 

The  manuscript  is  said  to  have  come  from  Chalons-sur-Mame 
(Berlin  list)  and  this  may  be  correct,  as  the  occasional  use  of  w  for  v 
points  to  northeastern  France — Picardy,  Artois,  Champagne. 

27.  HoRATius,  Opera. 

Paper,  ff.  131,  cm.  21X14.5,  single  columns  of  31  lines,  in  13  quires, 
of  10,  except  the  13th  (originally  12,  but  the  last  leaf,  probably  origin- 
ally blank,  has  been  torn  out).  A  pair  of  fly-leaves  at  beginning  and 
end.  Titles  in  red.  Capital  line-initials.  University  of  Chicago 
accession  241962.    Century  XV. 

Label:    Horatius  MS. 

Contents:    Horatius,  Opera. 

1.  Odae,  Libri  IV,  ff.  la-52a.  Oratii  venusini  poetae  Lirici  odae 
incipiunt  (red).  Incip.:  ad  Mecinatem.  [M]oecenas  atavis  edits 
regibus. 

2.  Epodi,  ff.  52a-626.  Libri  Carminum  finiunt.  Incipit  Epodon. 
Ad  Mecenatem  (red).    Incip.:    Ibis  Liburnis  inter  alta  naviiun. 

3.  Carmen  Saeculare,  ff.  62&-636.  Incipit  Carmen  Seculare  (red). 
Incip.:   Phoebe  silvarum  potensque  Diana. 

4.  Ars  Poetica,  ff.  64a-716.  Incipit  liber  artis  poetice  Ad  Pisonem 
et  Filios  eius  (red).    Incip.:    humano  capite  cervicem  pictor  equinam. 

5.  Epistolae,  ff.  72a-966.  Incipit  Liber  Epistolarum  (red) .  Incip.: 
prima  diet  [[a]]  e  mihi  summa  dicende  camena. 

6.  Sermones,  ff.  97a-1316.  Incipit  Liber  Sermonum  (red).  Incip.: 
quo  (qui  corr.)  fit  Moecenas  ut  nemo  quam  sibi  sorte. — Explic: 
Canidior  afflasset  peior  serpentibus  afris.  tcXo)? 

Spaces  have  been  left  for  large  initials,  but  have  not  been  filled.  The 
Carmina,  Epodi,  Carmen  Saeculare,  and  parts  of  the  Epistolae  have 
been  copiously  annotated  in  an  early  hand.  Inside  the  first  cover,  is  a 
book  plate:  a  coat  of  arms,  supported  by  female  figm-es  with  anchors, 
surmounted  by  a  coronet,  a  bar,  globe,  and  rainbow:  the  mottoes, 
Tria  juncta  in  uno;  and,  below.  At  spes  non  fracta.  T-15  is  written 
on  the  book  plate;   P.  4.  9.  on  fly-leaf  i  a. 

28.  IsiDORUS  HisPALENsis,  Coutra  ludaeos. 

Paper,  ff.  55,  cm.  21.5X15.5,  single  columns,  25  lines.  7  quires  of 
10,  except  1st  (2),  and  7th  (3).  F.  la  blank.  Rulings  on  ff.  16,  2a  only. 
Quire  signatures  below  the  middle  of  last  line  of  last  versos.     1543. 

Label:  wanting.     The  manuscript  is  without  a  binding. 

Contents:    Isidori  Toletani  Episcopi,  Contra  ludaeos,  hbri  duo. 

1.  Chapter  titles,  Lib.  1,  ff.  16-26.    Incip.:   [Q]uia  Christus  a  dec 


28  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

patre  genitus  est,  ii  (the  prologue  is  numbered  i). — Explic:    Super- 
dictio  premissi  operis  Iviij. 

2.  Lib.  1,  ff.  3a-306.    Incip.:  Prologus  .  1 .  Quedam  diversis  tempori- 
.  bus  in  veteris  testamenti  libris  prenuntiata  sunt  de  nativitate  domini. — 

Explic:  regnum  atque  indicium  declaravimus.    Explicit  liber  primus, 

3.  Chapter  titles,  Lib.  2,  ff.  30&-31a.  Incip.:  Incipiunt  capitula 
secundi  libri.  De  gentium  vocatione  .  1 . — Explic:  Quia  panis  et 
calicis  testimonium  futurum  esset  in  holocaustum  xxv. 

4.  Lib.  2,  ff.  31a-556.  Incip.:  Prologus.  Quedam  experte  domini 
atque  salvatoris  nativitatem. — Explic:  Tabernaculum  dei  sancti 
eius  sunt  in  quibus  habitat  in  eternum.  Amen.  Explicit  liber  Ysidori 
Toletani  episcopi  contra  iudeos.    Amen.     1543.    die  22°  lunii. 

The  Idisore  meant  is  of  course  Isidore  of  Seville,  born  ca.  560,  died 
636.  Toletani  Episcopi  is  a  mistake,  possibly  due  to  the  fact  that  he 
presided  over  several  synods  held  at  Toledo,  or  to  the  treatment  of  his 
life  and  writings  in  the  Viri  Illustres  of  his  pupil  Ildefonso  of  Toledo,  or 
to  the  fact  that  copious  use  of  Isidore's  booklet  was  made  in  a  book  of 
the  same  title.  Contra  ludaeos,  written  by  Julian  of  Toledo.  On 
Isidore's  life  and  writings,  cf.  R.  Schmid,  Isidor  von  Sevilla,  in  P.R.E.', 
and  Kaulen,  art.  "Isidor,"  in  the  Kirchenlexikon.  The  best  edition 
of  Isidore's  complete  works  is  that  of  Faustinus  Arevalus,  Rome,  1797- 
1803,  reprinted  in  Migne,  S.L.  81-83,  where  the  Contra  ludaeos  is 
treated  in  the  "Isidoriana,"  II,  LXVI,  vol.  81,  coll.  429-433,  and  the 
text  printed  in  vol.  83,  coll.  449-538.  The  text  of  the  present  manuscript 
is  not  of  the  best.  The  error  Toletanus  for  Hispalensis  (or  Spalensis) 
is  found  in  a  number  of  manuscripts  of  Contra  ludaeos  (cf.  Arevalus, 
in  Migne,  S.L.  81,  col.  433,  and  83,  col.  450,  note),  e.g.,  in  Arevalus' 
Cod.  MS.  Florentin.  I. 

29.  Juvenal,  Satirae. 

Parchment,  ff.  98,  cm.  17.6X11.6,  single  colimans,  20  lines,  ruhngs 
on  the  hair  side.  10  quires,  of  10,  except  the  10th  (8).  The  manuscript 
is  properly  made,  hair  sides  facing  hair  sides.  A  carefully  illuminated 
initial  begins  Satire  1  of  Lib.  1.,  f.  la.  Lesser  illuminations  at  the 
beginning  of  each  satire.  Berlin  Purchase  no.  22.  Dated  at  Florence, 
November  28,  1441. 

Label :  Juvenalis  MS. — The  old  binding  of  beautifully  tooled  leather, 
over  boards,  has  been  strengthened  at  the  back  with  a  piece  of  leather 
from  another  binding  previously  inscribed  Testam.  Vet.  tom.  I. 

Contents:  D.  lunii  luvenalis  Aquinatis  Libri  V.  Incip.:  D.  lunii 
luvenalis  Aquinatis,  Liber  Satirarum  Incipit.  Semper  ego  auditor. — 
Explic:  Quis  nescit  volusci.  crudeles  ultima  mores.     tcAos 

Lib.  1,  ff.  la-26a. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  266-426. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  29 

Lib.  3,  ff.  42h-59a. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  59a-77o. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  77a-97b. 

At  the  end  of  the  text,  f .  97b:  lunii  iuvenalis  Aquinatis  liber  quintus 
et  ultimus,  quod  bono  sit  omine,  finit  florentiae  1441  xxviii  novembris. — 
Following  this,  a  table  of  contents,  ff.  976,  98a,  as  follows: 

Liber  primus 
Semper  ego  auditor,    castigat  prima  poetas 
Ultra  sauromathas.     fictos  virtute  secunda. 
Quamvis  digressu.    magna  terna  pericula  romae 
Ecce  iterum  crispinus.     mundanos  quarta  nitentes 
Si  te  propositi,    parasitum  quinta  voracem. 

Liber  Secundus 
Credo  pudicitiam.    cupientem  sexta  pudicem. 

Liber  Tercius 
Et  spes  et  ratio,    spernentes  septima  vates 
Stemata  quid  faciunt.    octava  parente  superbos. 
Scire  velim  quare.    sodomitum  nevola  nona 

Liber  Quartus 
Omnibus  in  terris.    bis  quina  nocentia  vota. 
Atticus  eximiae.    caenas  undena  voraces. 
Natali  corvine  die.    bissena  pusillos 

Liber  Quintus 
Exemplo  flentes.    rem  tercia  dena  negatam. 
Plurima  sunt  fusine.    bisseptima  prava  sequentes. 
Quis  numerare  queat.     sevos  tarquina  quirites. 
Quis  nescit  volusci.    crudeles  ultima  mores. 
TeXos 

On  the  rectos  a  modern  hand  has  penciled  page  numbers,  1,  3,  5,  etc., 
to  199.  77  and  79  are  omitted.  A  fly-leaf  of  thicker  parchment, 
preceding  the  first  quire,  bears  the  name  of  a  former  owner,  Weglewski 
Zygmunt,  and  the  mark  ^^^p--  The  last  fly-leaf  has  at  the  top  of  the 
verso:  Ruberto  ferr  S.  Ercole  Cori(?).  On  the  inside  of  the  last 
cover:  salma,  partly  erased,  and  in  a  diminutive  hand.  Comes. 

Scholia,  not  quite  of  the  usual  type,  are  written  in  the  margins  in 
many  places,  in  a  fine,  regular  hand,  much  like  that  of  the  text. 

30.  Leo  Magnus,  Sermones. 

Parchment,  ff.  135,  with  fly-leaf  at  beginning  and  end,  cm.  27. 3 X 
18.5,  single  columns,  37  lines,  14  quires,  of  10,  except  11th  (8).  Qmres 
1  and  3  have  lost  the  first  leaf,  that  before  f.  1,  and  that  after  f.  19; 


30  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

quire  14  has  lost  its  last  leaf,  that  which  followed  f.  133.  Edges  gilt. 
Binding  shows  remains  of  four  brass  clasps.  At  lower  right  hand  of 
rectos  an  old  leaf -numbering  appears,  60-65,  on  ff.  31-36,  also  92  on  f.  73. 
At  upper  right-hand  corner  of  rectos  is  a  later  leaf-numbering,  made 
before  the  first  leaf  was  lost,  and  meant  to  be  continuous,  but  in  fact 
inaccurate  and  misleading.  The  first  hand,  round  and  open,  gives  way 
with  the  turn  of  f.  118  to  (f.  1186)  a  much  more  compact  and  angular 
hand,  which  completes  the  manuscript.  Rulings  on  the  flesh  side. 
Berlin  Purchase  no.  19.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  Sermones  S.  L]eo[n]is  Ma[gni.     (In  style  hke  nos.  2  and  5.) 

Contents:  Sermones  divi  Leonis  papae  (in  an  old  hand  at  head  of 
f.  la).  The  only  gaps  are  where  the  first  or  last  leaves  of  quires  are 
wanting,  one  before  f.  1,  one  after  f.  19,  and  one  after  f.  133.  Incip.: 
dei  nostri  clementiam  supplices  obsecrare. — Explic:  non  possunt  quid 
humanitati  ascribere  quid. 

The  first  sermon  of  this  collection,  De  Natali  ipsius  S.  Leonis  I, 
evidently  corresponded  to  sermons  1  and  2  in  Migne's  edition,  and 
occupied  the  first  leaf,  now  wanting.  The  present  f.  la  preserves  the 
closing  eight  lines  of  this  sermon — dei  nostri  clementiam  supplices — 
Per  christum  dominum  nostrum.  The  93  sermons  are  in  general  those 
that  appear  in  the  Migne  edition  and  stand  with  few  exceptions  in  the 
order  of  that  edition;  thus  Migne's  64  and  66  stand  between  his  62  and 
63.  Sermons  numbered  5,  11,  and  20  in  Migne  were  not  included  in 
this  collection.  The  loss  of  one  leaf  between  ff.  19  and  20  has  removed 
part  of  Sermon  18  (Migne's  22),  ch.  4,  5a,  omnipotensque  [Salvator 
....  commoda]  utentibus.  Sermon  93  (Migne's  96)  breaks  off  with: 
humanitati  ascribere  quid[  ,  the  last  leaf  of  the  manuscript  being 
wanting.  The  rest  of  Sermon  93,  ch.  2  fin.  and  3,  would  fill  but  half 
a  page,  and  leave  room  for  another  short  sermon,  but  the  collection 
probably  closed  with  93.  There  are  a  few  marginal  notes  referring  to 
Cicero,  Seneca,  Jerome,  etc.  Ih(es)us  is  written  at  the  head  of  the 
verso  of  the  first  fly-leaf.  Each  sermon  begins  with  an  illuminated 
capital. 

At  the  top  of  the  recto  of  the  last  fly-leaf  is  a  note:  Qui  studium  agri- 
colandidederit:  antiquissima  sciat  haec  sibi  advocanda  [  ]facultatem 
impendendi:  voluntatem  agendi:  nam  is  demum  cultissimum  rus. 
[        ]  Tremellius:  qui  et  colere  sciet:  et  poterit:  et  volet: 

31.  Leonardus  Aretinus,  De  Primo  Bello  Punico. 

Paper,  ff.  113,  cm.  21 .2X14.3,  single  columns,  27  lines,  12  quires,  of 
10,  except  the  1st  (8)  and  12th  (5),  which  serve  as  fly-leaves  and  form 
no  part  of  the  manuscript  proper.  Rulings  on  the  verso.  The  usual 
quire  signatures.  Ff.  i-vii,  98a-1056  blank.  F.  viiia  scribbled  over 
with  a  hard  point.    Berlin  Purchase  no.  39.    Probably  century  XV. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  31 

Label:  Aretini  De  Bello  Punico. — The  binding  is  of  boards,  with 
parchment  guards  and  leather  back,  and  remains  of  a  brass  and  leather 
clasp.  At  the  foot  of  the  back,  on  a  paper  label  cm.  1.9  square,  ^. 
Inside  front  cover,  on  the  parchment  guard,  Leonardi  arretini  de  primo 
bello  punico  Thome  de  Vicentiis  de  Fano  1560. 

Contents:    Leonardi  Aretini,   De  primo  Bello  Punico,  libri  tres. 

1 .  Leonardi  Aretini  de  primo  bello  punico :  Liber  primus.  Ff .  la-636. 
Incip.:  [VJereor  ne  qui  me  putent  antiqua  nimium  consertari. — Explic: 
numquam  maioribus  copiis  quam  hoc  bello  mari  pugnatum  intelligent. 

2.  Incipit  Liber  Secundus  (red).  Ff.  636-806.  Incip.:  [FJinito 
Primo  punico  bello  quod  viginti  quatuor  annos  terra  marique  gestum 
ostendimus. — Explic:  Matho  captivique  alii  in  triumphum  ducti  et 
supplitio  affecti  sunt. 

3.  Incipit  Liber  Tertius  (red).  Ff.  806-976.  Incip.:  [P]ost  pacem 
igitur  in  Sicilia  cum  Romanis  factam. — Explic:  regione  tota  praeter 
admodum  pauca  loca  excedere  iussi  sunt.    Finis. 

Space  has  been  left  for  a  few  large  initials  which  have  not  been 
supplied.     F.  viii6  has  this  note,  in  a  much  later  hand.    Leonardo  Bnmi 
di  Arezzo  che  va  sotto  il  nome  di  Leonardo  Aretino  mori  nel  1444  in 
Firenze  essendo  Capdelliere  Delia  Republica  Fiorentina.    Occasional        vtc 
marginal  captions  serve  as  guides  to  the  contents.    On  f .  1136  in  the  / 

upper  left-hand  corner  is  a  mark,  probably  a  dealer's:  de  o-bot  zo. 

32.  Leonardus  Aretinus,  Laurentius    de   Pensauro,  et  al., 
Opuscula  Varia. 
Paper,  ff.  49,  cm.  29 .  5X 22,  single  columns,  35-49  lines,  in  5  quires  of 
10,  except  1st  (9),  in  nine  different  hands.    The  quires  are  continuous. 
Berlin  Purchase  no.  37.     Century  XV-XVI. 
Label:    wanting. 

Contents:  1.  An  address  (of  Ser  Bellus  Angeli  de  Callio?)  to  the 
members  of  some  body  at  Assisi,  f.  ia.  Incip.:  Magnifici  et  Excelsi 
Segnori  quantumquam  Inspecto  de  tanta  magnificentia  conosca  se 
convenisse  parlare  per  leteram  Niente  da  meno. — Explic:  Adonqua 
per  mostrare  voglia  pigliare  de  larie  senza  penne. 

2.  Address  of  Ser  Bellus  Angeli  de  Callio,  ff.  la-26.    Incip.:  Mil- 
lesimo  cccc°.  xi  die  primo  mensis  Septembris  Inscripta  diceria  fuit 
conpillata  et  Recitata  per  me  Bellum  S(e)r  Angeli  de  Callio  In  civitate 
assisii  in  In(t)roitu  dominorum  priorum  dicte  civitatis 
Ipsique  in  puppibus  altis 
Ductores  longe  effulgent  aureque  decori 
Virgilius  in  v*". 
Magnifici  Segnori  et  voy  Altri  Nobili  et  Egregie  [[Citadini]]  et  Spechi- 
osi  Citadini. — Explic:  ad  morte  extriminio  et  perpetuo  confusione  de 
chi  volesse  el  contrario  et  cussy  piacci  a  dio  che  sya  Amen. 


32         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

3.  Address  of  Ser  Bellus  Angeli  de  Callio,  ff.  Sa-4a.  Incip.:  Alia 
diceria  conpillata  et  Recitata  per  me  Bellum  Antedictum  eodem  anno 
die  prima  mensis  novembris  in  Introitu  aliorum  novorum  prionim 
Assisii.  Ecce  constitui  te  super  gentes. — Explic:  E  cusy  piaccia  die 
che  sya  per  infinita  saecula  saeculormn    Amen. 

4.  Three  Latin  addresses,  probably  of  Laurentius  de  Pensauro, 
delivered  at  Florence,  ff.  46-56.  Incip.:  Magnificorum  astantium  con- 
spectus frequens. — Explic:  lustis  muneribus  decorabit.  Ad  laudem  dey 
Amen. 

5.  Address  of  Laurentius  de  Pensauro  to  the  Florentines,  ff.  6a-6. 
Incip.:  Quando  Ego  Laurentius  de  pensauro  Intravi  po(r)tas  (potestas?) 
Florentie.  In  nomine  patris  filii  et  spiritus  sa(n)cti  ac  beate  marie 
semper  virginis  et  Johannis  baptiste  nominibus  invocatis. — Explic:  Ad 
laudem  dei  excelsi  Amen. 

6.  Five  paragraphs:  De  Justitia,  Fide,  etc.,  f,  66. 

7.  Sermo.  Incip.:  Soleo  heroes  praestantissimi  civesque  conspicui, 
f.  7a. 

8.  Resposta  [[f]]  de  la  Signoria  de  fiorenze  facta  ad  li  ambasciadori 
de  Re  de  ragona  fece  dicta  Resposta  leonardo  bruni  in  uno  grandissimo 
consiglio  de  Citadini,  ff.  76-96. 

9.  De  Laudibus  florentinis  libellus  per  Leonardima  aretinum  editus, 
ff.  96-206. 

10.  Leonardus  aretinus  ex  historia  heliogabali  augusti,  ff.  21a-236. 
— ^Argimaentum. — Oratio  Heliogabali  Augusti  ad  Meretrices. 

11.  Leonardus  aretinus,  On  Leading  Men  of  His  Times,  ff. 
24a-43a.  Incip.:  Qui  per  Italiam  homines  excelluerint  aetate  mea. 
— To  it  is  appended  Leonardi  Arretini  epitaphium,  in  16  lines  of 
verse. 

12.  Sermo  domini  Laurentii  de  Terentiis  de  pensauro.  In  Introitu 
dominorum  florentinorum  dum  essem  in  potestam,  ff.  436-45a.  Incip.: 
Exiripides  poeta,  patres  conscripti  et  clarissimi  cives. 

13.  Address  to  the  Florentines  by  d(ominus)  L(aurentius),  ff.  46a- 
47a.  Incip.:  Quotiens  jocundissimum  conspectum  vestrum  intueor 
patres  conscripti. — Explic:  Ad  laudem  et  gloriam  eius  qui  est  trinus  et 
unus  in  secula  seculorum  Amen.  Another  similar  address  follows,  ff. 
47a-49a.  The  two  addresses  are  separated  by  a  prayer  in  Italian  and 
by  a  note  at  the  head  of  the  second,  f .  47a;  Quia  praedicatus  sermo  non 
fuit  recitatus  per  dictum  d(ominum)  L(aurentium)  cum  ad  officium 
capitanei  spectet  confaloneria  dare  ideo  dictus  d(ominus)  Laurentius 
in  novo  prioratu  infra  scriptum  sermonem  recitavit.  Incip.:  Quotiens 
iocundissimum  conspectum  vestrum  intueor  Magnifici(?)  domini  ac 
prestantissimi  cives. — Explic:  Ad  Laudem  sempiterni  dei  qui  est 
trinus  et  unus  per  infinita  secula.  There  are  occasional  marginal  notes 
in  different  hands. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  33 

33.  LucANUS,  Pharsalia. 

Paper,  flf.  146,  cm.  29X21.5,  single  columns,  27-32  lines,  in  15 
quires  of  10,  except  2d  (8),  9th  (11),  12th  (8),  15th  (9).     Rulings  on 
both  sides.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  17.     Probably  century  XV. 
Label:  Lucan.  Phars.  MSS.  SOE.  XV. 

Contents:  Lucan's  Pharsalia,  ten  books,  complete,  with  scholia  on 
Lib.  1-3.  Incip.:  Bella  per  emathios  plusquam  civilia  campos. — 
Explic:  Obscedit  muris  calcentem  menia  magni.  At  the  head  of  f.  la, 
in  another  hand,  is  the  Epitaphion  Lucani : 

Corduba  me  genuit :  rapuit  nero :  prelia  dixi 
Que  gessere  pares  hinc  socer.     inde  gener. 
Continuo  nunquam  direxi  carmina  ductu: 

Que  tractim  serpant.    plus  mihi  coma  placet. 

The  books  occupy  the  following  folia : 

Lib.  1,  ff.  10-136.  Lib.  6,  ff.  72  a-  876. 

Lib.  2,  ff.  136-27a.  Lib.  7,  ff.  87&-1036. 

Lib.  3,  ff.  27a-42a.  Lib.  8,  ff.  1036-1196. 

Lib.  4,  ff.  42a-57a.  Lib.  9,  ff.  1196-137a. 

Lib.  5,  ff.  57a-72a.  Lib.  10,  ff.  137a-1466. 

There  is  a  continuous  leaf-numbering  in  red  in  a  later  hand.  A  price 
mark  in  lire  has  been  penciled  inside  the  last  cover.  Occasional  variants 
are  noted  beside  the  text. 

34,  Petrus  Veronensis,  Ruhricae. 

Paper,  ff.  ii+647,  cm.  22X16,  single  colimms,  22-31  lines,  57  quires, 
of  12,  except  1st,  2d,  and  6th  (of  2),  52d  (8),  and  57th  (11).  An  old 
quire  lettering  A-Z,  aa-^u,  begins  with  quire  15,  f.  137a,  and  continues 
to  the  end.  The  letter  stands  at  the  lower  outer  corner  of  the  first 
rectos.  On  f.  2  an  old  leaf  numbering  begins  to  appear  with  174, 
continuing  to  469  (  =  296)  then  omitting  20  nos.  and  passing  to  490 
(  =  297)  thence  continuing  to  837  (  =  644).  Over  this  a  later  leaf 
niunbering  1-644  has  been  written.  This  later  leaf-niunbering  is  on  the 
whole  correct,  the  omission  of  189  making  up  for  the  repetition  of  146. 
The  three  remaining  leaves  (645a-6476)  are  blank,  as  is  f.  iia,  6.  No 
rulings.     Berhn  Purchase  no.  30,     1519. 

Label:  D.  Petrus  Veron(onensis)  C.  R.  Super  4'° et  5™  Decr(etahum). 
The  binding  is  pigskin,  and  there  were  two  pairs  of  thongs  for  tying  the 
book  shut. 

Contents:  Petrus  Veronensis,  Rubricae  super  quartum  et  quintum 
decretalium. 

I.  Index  titulorum,  ff.  ia-6.  Incip.:  Accusatoribus  138. — Explic: 
Usuris  307.  Finis.  The  table  is  imperfectly  alphabetical,  and  includes 
short  titles  of  63  rubrics. 


34  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

II.  Super  4°  et  5°  Decretalium.  F.  la,  De  Sponsalibus  et  Matri- 
moniis.  Incipit  Liber  Quartus  Decretalium.  (These  four  words 
written  over  a  line  in  a  smaller  hand.)  Rubrica  de  Sponsalibus  et 
Matrimoniis.  Incip.:  Sponsalia  sive  futurarum  nuptiarum  promissio, 
f.  16. — Explic:  ut  decla(rat?)  Car(olus)  Alexa(ndrinus)  in  d.  c.  gg. 
(  =  Gregorii?).  Another  hand  has  added:  Finis  Decretalium.  Percurri 
has  ann(otation)es  in  decretali(a)  et  videntur  conformare  fidei  catholicae 
In  cuius  rei  fidem  es    Neap(olis)  xxx  Junii  1519 

Jo(hannes)  Fr.  Comb(efius) 

pro  Reverendissimo  Vicario 
In  the  references  below  we  have  followed  the  fol.  numbering  of  the 
manuscript.    The  rubrics  are  not  numbered  in  the  manuscript. 
Incipit  Liber  Quartus  Decretalium. 

1.  De  Sponsalibus  et  Matrimoniis,  ff.  1&-266. 

2.  De  Observatione  jeiuniorum,  £f.  27a-29&. 

3.  De  desponsatione  impuberimi,  ff.  30a-41a. 

4.  De  clandestina  Desponsatione,  ff.  41a-436. 

5.  De  Sponsa  duorum,  £f.  44a-47a. 

6.  De  Condicionibus  Appositis,  etc.,  ff.  47a-526. 

7.  Qui  clerici  vel  voventes  Matr(imoniimi)  contr(ahere)  pos(sint), 
ff.  526-59a. 

8.  De  eo  qui  duxit  in  matri(monium)  quam  pol(luit)  per  adulte- 
r(iam),  ff.  59a-65a. 

9.  De  Coniugio  Leprosorum,  ff.  65a-67a. 

10.  De  coniugio  Servorum,  ff.  67a-706. 

11.  De  Natis  ex  libero  ventre,  ff.  706-71a. 

12.  De  cognatione  spirituali,  ff.  71a-77b. 

13.  De  Cognatione  legali,  ff.  776-786. 

14.  De  eo  qui  cognovit  consanguineam  uxoris  su(a)e  vel  spons(a)e, 
ff.  786-85a. 

15.  De  Consang(uinitate)  et  affinitate,  ff.  85a-926. 

16.  De  frigidis  et  maleficiatis  et  impotentia  coeimdi,  ff.  926-986. 

17.  De  Matrimonio  contrac(to)  cont(ra)  inter(dictum)  eccl(esiae), 
ff.  986-102a. 

18.  Qui  filii  sint  Legitimi,  ff.  102a-1186. 

19.  Qui  matrimonium  accusare  possunt,  etc.,  ff.  1186-1246. 

20.  De  Divortiis,  ff.  1246-130a. 

21.  De  donationibus  inter  virmn  et  uxorem,  etc.,  ff.  130a-135a. 

22.  De  Secundis  nuptiis,  ff.  135a-1376. 
Incipit  Liber  Quintus: 

23.  De  Accusationibus  Inquisitionibus  et  Denunciationibus,  ff.  138a- 
1556. 

24.  De  Calumniatoribus,  ff.  156a-157a. 

25.  De  Simonia,  ff.  1576-1946. 


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26.  Ne  prelati  vices  (id  est  iurisdictionem  suppl.)  suas  vel  ecclesias 
sub  annuo  censu  concedant,  ff.  1946-197a. 

27.  De  Magistris  et  ne  aliquid  exigatur  pro  Licentia  docendi,  ff.  1976- 
2026. 

28.  De  iudeis  et  Saracenis  et  eorum  Servis,  ff.  203a-2166. 

29.  De  Hereticis,  ff.  217a-2356. 

30.  De  Schismaticis,  etc.,  ff.  2356-2386. 

31.  De  Apostatis  et  reiteran(tibus)  bap(tisma?),  ff.  2386-244a. 

32.  De  his  qui  filios  occiderunt,  ff.  244a-246a. 

33.  De  Infantibus  et  Languidis  expositis,  ff.  246a-247a. 

34.  De  Homicidio  casuali  vel  voluntario,  ff.  2476-276a. 

35.  De  Torneamentis,  ff.  276a-2786. 

36.  De  Clericis  pugnantibus  in  d(u)ello,  ff.  279a-2816. 

37.  De  Sagittariis,  ff.  2816-283a. 

38.  De  adulteriis  et  stupro,  ff.  283a-2926. 

39.  De   Raptoribus,    incendiariis   et   violatoribus   ecclesiarum,   ff. 
2926-3006. 

40.  De  Furtis,  ff.  301a-307a. 

41.  De  Usuris,  ff.  307a-3266. 

42.  De  Crimine  falsi,  ff.  3266-3376. 

43.  De  Sortilegiis,  ff.  3376-342a. 

44.  De  Collusione  detegenda,  ff.  342a-3456. 

45.  De  Delictis  puerorum,  ff.  3456-3476. 

46.  De  Clerico  Venatore,  ff.  348a-3496. 

47.  De  Clerico  percussore,  ff.  350a-352a. 

48.  De  Maledicis,  ff.  3526-355o. 

49.  De  clerico  exco(mmun)icato,  deposito,  vel  interdicto  ministrante, 
ff.  355a-369a. 

50.  De  clerico  non  ordina(to)  niinistra(nte),  ff.  369a-3716. 

51.  De  clerico  per  saltum  promoto,  ff.  3716-3726. 

52.  De  eo  qui  fiutive  ordi(nem)  sus(cepit),  ff.  3726-375a. 

53.  De  Excessibus  prelatorum  et  subditorum,  ff.  3756-397a. 

54.  De  Novi  operis  nunciatione,  ff.  397a-401a. 

55.  De  privilegiis  et  excessibus  privilegiatorum,  ff.  401a-4356. 

56.  De  Purgatione  Cano(nica),  ff.  436a-450a. 

57.  De  Purgatione  Vulga(ri),  ff.  4506-4546. 

58.  De  Iniuriis  et  damno  dato,  ff.  455a-466a. 

59.  De  Penis,  ff.  4666-481a. 

60.  De  Penitentiis  et  Remissionibus,  ff.  4816-5176. 

61.  De  sententia  excommimicationis,  ff.  5176-593a. 

62.  De  verborum  Significatione,  ff.  593a-633a. 

63.  De  regulis  iuris,  ff.  633a-6446. 

The  manuscript  is  very  irregularly  written,  and  is  doubtless  the 
original  writing  of  Petrus  Veronensis.     On  f.  la,  below  the  title,  a  later 


36         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

hand  has  written  Vincentius  Paganus,  which  has  been  crossed  out.  A 
price  mark  in  lire  is  penciled  on  the  last  verso. 

35.  PoGGius,  Leonardus,  Guarinus,  Opuscula  Varia. 

Paper,  fif.  128,  cm.  28.8X20.4,  single  colxmins,  24  lines,  in  17  quires, 
of  8,  except  12th  (6),  and  13th  (2).  The  quire  lettering,  A,  B,  etc., 
beginning  again  with  the  14th,  shows  that  we  have  here  two  manuscripts 
from  the  same  hand,  and  at  some  time  bound  up  as  one.  To  the  second 
of  these  quire  13  served  as  fly-leaves.  Rulings  on  one  side.  Berlin 
Purchase  no.  36.     Century  XV. 

Label:  (On  the  edges  as  in  the  Escorial  manuscripts)  Pog.  Invect. 
in.  Val. — On  the  back  of  the  one  remaining  (rear)  wooden  cover:  Poggii 
Invectivae  Contra  Laurentium. 

Contents:  Latin  Works  of  Various  Humanists:  Poggio,  Leonardo, 
Guarino. 

1.  Poggii  Florentini  Oratio  Prima  in  Laurentium  Vallam  incipit. 
Si  quibus  in  rebus  honestum  est  consensuque  omnium  permissum 
iniuriam  propulsare,  ff.  la-21a. 

Oratio  secunda,  ff.  21&-54a.  Oratio  quarta,  ff.  636-776. 

Oratio  tertia,  ff.  546-636.  Oratio  quinta,  ff.  786-896. 

Explic:  in  quos  ego  sinu  ibi  innotuerint  liberius  ac  licentius  eva- 
gabor.  Poggii  Florentini  oratio  quinta  et  ultima  in  Laurentimn  Vallam 
Explicit. 

2.  Epistola  Leonardi  Aretini  ad  ilustrem  mulierem  Baptistam  de 
Malatis  (es  corr.)  de  [[in]]  litteris  ac  studiis  humanitatis,  ff.  97a-1096. 
Incip.:  Compulsus  crebro  rumore  admirabilium  virtutem  tuarum 
scribere  ad  te  constitui. — Explic:  conferre  tecum  volui  opinionem  meam 
et  currentem  ut  aiunt  ad  gloriam  cohortari.    vale.    Finis. 

3.  Incipit  Prefatio  Guarini  Veronensis  in  Plutarcum,  ff.  110a,  6. 
Maiores  nostros  Angelemi  suavissime  non  admirari  et  maximis  pro- 
sequi laudibus  non  possum. — Explic:  Sed  de  his  alias.  Plutarcum 
audiamus. 

4.  De  liberis  educandis  incipit  e  Greco  in  latinum  a  Guarino  viro 
veronense  doctissimo  traduct(us?),  ff.  llla-128a.  Incip.:  Quid  nam 
est  quod  de  ingenuorum  educatione  liberorum  dicere  quispiam  posset. — 
Explic:   at  humano  effici  posse  constat  ingenio.    Finis. 

A  handsomely  illuminated  capital  stands  at  the  beginning  of  each 
oration  or  treatise,  that  at  the  beginning  of  the  manuscript  being  espe- 
cially elaborate.  The  marginal  notes  on  Poggius  exhibit  a  different 
hand  from  that  which  annotated  the  other  works.  Inside  the  rear  and 
only  remaining  cover  are  three  notes  in  other  hands.  At  the  top: 
historia  Upog]]  Laurentii  Valle  de  gestis  Aragonum  regis.  At  the  bottom : 
Io(hann)is  Antonii  de  Benedictis  de  Neap(oli)  emptus  de  mense  Julio 
1579  a  Io(hann)e  Bap(tis)ta  Ruffo  bibliopola  Neap(olita)no.  Beside  it, 
perhaps  as  a  price  mark:   carlenis  quindecim. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  37 

36.  Receptarium  de  Medicinis,  with  miscellaneous  remedies  and  pre- 

scriptions. 

Paper,  ff.  195,  cm.  25.3X19,  two  columns,  25-27  lines,  25  quires,  of 
8,  except  the  1st  (4),  22d  (6),  and  23d  (9).  Leaves  numbered  1-8,  of 
which  if.  1-5  were  originally  left  blank.  A  new  numbering  begins  with 
f.  6,  thence  continuing  (1 — (191,  though  with  occasional  confusions  and 
transpositions  after  f.  163,  the  manuscript's  folio  (158,  with  which  the 
original  Latin  text  comes  to  an  end.  Rough  rulings,  or  rather  under- 
linings,  on  both  sides.  Ff.  175  and  182  are  half  torn  away.  Berlin 
Purchase  no.  26.     Century  XV-XVI. 

Label: ]  Segreti  Antichi. 

Contents:  Receptarium  De  Medicinis,  ff.  6a-163a.  The  margins  of 
this  text  and  the  originally  blank  leaves  before  and  after  it,  ff.  1-5, 
1636-1956,  have  been  written  over  in  numerous  cursive  hands  with 
recipes,  remedies,  and  prescriptions  of  all  sorts,  for  the  most  part  in 
Italian.  Recipes  are  given  for  ink,  soap,  white  sugar,  hair-restorers 
and  dyes,  cosmetics,  colors,  etc.,  and  remedies  for  dog-bite  and  a  host  of 
complaints.  Incip.:  Sequitur  receptarium  De  medicinis  communiter 
usitatis  per  medicos,  tam  phisicos  quam  cirurgicos,  que  cormnimiter 
reperiuntur  penes  aromatarios,  preparatae,  et  hoc  secundum  mesne, 
nicolaum,  galienum,  rasim,  avicennam,  et  aliorum  auctorum  Dicta  Et 
prime  De  electuariis  secundum  antidotarium  Domini  mesue,  f.  6a. — 
Explic:  et  subito  recepit  tantum  sudorem  ut  venenum  totum  exalet 
evacuationi  universali  prius  facta.     Finis.     F.  163a. 

Added  material,  Incip.,  f.  la.-  Recipe  Corti  ligni  guainei — ^  4. — 
Explic:  chi  sia  como  ung(?).  There  are  some  hundreds  of  these  mis- 
cellaneous prescriptions,  in  a  great  variety  of  hands,  written  prob- 
ably by  successive  owners  or  at  least  users  of  the  book.  A  bit  of  Hebrew 
appears  on  f.  1766.  A  list  of  49  famous  medical  authorities  from  Hip- 
pocrates to  Platina  occupies  f.  5a.  At  the  head  of  f.  170a  In  Napoli  is 
written.  Ff.  1686-1696  are  occupied  with  a  series  of  Latin  paragraphs 
entitled.  Quid  est  medicina  que  medetur  egris.  Among  the  miscella- 
neous marginal  titles  are  Da  far'  gelo,  f.  86;  Per  far'  una  Copeta  come 
se  fa  In  ferrara  cosa  eletta,  f.  126;  A  fare  azurro  oltra  marino,  f.  21a; 
Per  far'  nascier'  li  pili  dove  non  nascie,  f.  24a;  per  le  cubebe  la  cassia, 
f.  30a;  ad  seccar'  porri  delle  mani,  f.  336;  Per  far'  pasta  da  marzapani 
fina  et  bona,  f.  486;  A  dolor  de  podagre,  f.  58a;  Uno  oglio  de  semo  de 
Cino,  f.  62a;  per  la  memoria  bona,  f.  1466.  Un  acqua  molta  nobilis- 
sima  per  far'  belle  le  donne,  f .  192a. 

Fly-leaf  la  is  inscribed  51  at  the  top,  and,  in  the  same  hand,  1571 
at  the  bottom. 

37.  Antonius  de  Raho,  In  Ruhricas  Soluto  Matrimonio. 

Paper,  ff.  152,  cm.  43X28,  double  columns,  50-64  lines,  16  quires,  of 
10,  except  the  1st  and  2d  (9),  6th,  7th,  8th,  and  10th  (8).    Quire  signa- 


38         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

tures  of  six  or  more  words  stand  at  right  angles  to  the  lines,  at  the  lower 
right-hand  comer  of  last  versos.  There  is  a  leaf -numbering,  probably 
contemporary.  Rulings  usually  on  both  sides.  Ff,  76  and  8a  left 
blank.     BerUn  Purchase  no.  29.     1482. 

Label:  Antonius  De  Raho  super  Rubr.  Sol.  Matri. — On  the  recto  of 
the  fly-leaf,  in  a  later  hand,  Antonius  de  Raho  Auditor  Generalis  et 
Consiliarius  Regis  Federici  Aragonii  In  Rubricas  Soluto  Matrimonio 
In  Auditorio  Sa(n)cti  Laurentii  Doctor  et  Lector  Anno  Domini  MCD 
LXXXII  1482  Omnia  in  calce  operis. — Soluto  Matrimonio,  in  a  small 
hand,  stands  near  the  leaf -number  on  most  of  the  rectos  of  the  manu- 
script. 

Contents:  Antonio  de  Raho,  In  Rubricas  Soluto  Matrimonio,  De 
Liberis  et  Postumis.  Occasional  headings  stand  out  in  rude  capitals: 
Causa  Dotis.  f.  6a,  Soluto  Ma(trimonio),  f.  llo.  Quod  Si  In  Patris,  f.  14o, 
Voluntatem  f.  176,  Non  solum,  f.  196,  De  Divisione,  f.  216,  etc.  Incip.: 
In  glossa  rubrice  praesens  glossa  [[dividi  ?]]  potest  in  quinque  partes  In 
prima  enim  ponitur  duplex  continuatio. — Explic:  in  legitimacione  quae 
fit  per  comitem  palatiniun  vide  hoc  per  eum  in  ultima  columpna. 

The  Matrimonio  Soluto  occupies  ff.  la-1416.  At  the  foot  of  f .  1416 
another  hand  has  written:  Die  ultimo  lunii  xv  Ind(ictionis)  in(carna- 
tionis)  1482:  dominus  antonius  de  raho  complevit  Institutiones  prae- 
sentes,  titulum  soluto  matrimonio  sed  in  voce  ante  multos  dies  eum 
complevit. 

Rubrica  de  liberis  et  postumis,  ff.  142a-1526,  concludes  the  volume. 

At  the  foot  of  the  last  verso,  another  hand  has  written:  Die  6  mensis 
Julii  15e  Ind.  1482  sub  augusta  regis  ferdinandi  pace  dominus  antonius 
de  raho  in  auditorio  sancti  laurentii  hie  punctavit  qui  habuit  concurren- 
tem  dominum  petrum  de  fundis  qui  paucis  diebus  legit  et  postea  ob 
paucitatem  studencium  demisit  et  [[amj]  amplius  non  legit. — This  may 
be  Pietro  di  Fondi,  poet  at  Naples  in  the  fifteenth  century. 

The  wide  margins  accommodate  numerous  notes  in  various  hands. 
The  book  was  probably  the  lecture  book  of  de  Raho,  or  possibly  a  stu- 
dent's copy  of  his  lectures.  On  f.  1006,  in  the  lower  margin  a  hand  of 
the  same  period  as  the  rest  of  the  volume  has  indited  a  scurrilous  poem 
of  8  lines  after  the  style  of  Martial:  "Ad  antonium  de  raho  amicum 
optimum." 

A  printed  pamphlet  dealing  with  the  de  Raho  family  has  been  bound 
into  the  back  of  the  manuscript:  Subsidiariae  Velitationes  adversus 
Molossos  mordentes  lapidem.  Auctore  D.  Olao  Chardero.  Neapoli, 
MDCXCVL— Pp.  28.     Mention  of  Antonio  de  Raho  on  p.  18. 

38.  2  Reg.  19:37—22:13. 

Parchment,  1  f.,  mutilated  at  top  and  outer  side  through  use  in 
binding,  cm.  30.2X26.6,  double  columns,  now  of  37  lines,  but  originally 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  39 

of  55  or  56,  17  or  18  lines  being  lost  from  the  top  of  each  column. 
Rulings  on  the  hair  side.  The  hand  is  large  and  shapely,  with  three 
marginal  capitals  in  red.  There  are  the  usual  abbreviations.  Berlin 
Purchase  no.  24.     Probably  century  XV. 

Contents:   Parts  of  II  Kings  19:37-22:13,  in  the  Latin  Vulgate. 

Col.  1:  19:37 — 20:10,  ni]neve  cumque  adoraret  in  templo  neserach 
....  nee  hoc  volo  ut  faciaf  sed  ut[ 

Col.  2:  20:14 — 21:5,  vene]runt  de  babylone  ....  imiversae 
militiae  caeli  in  duobus  atriis  [ 

Col.  3:  21:106-21,  dice]n[s]  Quia  fecit  manases  rex  .  .  .  per 
quam  ambulaverat  pater  eius  [ 

Col.  4:  22:2-13,  ]d(omi)no'  et  ambulavit  per  [omnes  vias  david] 
patris  sui'  ....  magna  enim  ira  d(omi)ni  [ 

After  19 : 37  a  somewhat  later  hand  has  written:  omnia  xxv.  Oppo- 
site 21:18  a  still  later  hand  has  written:  Tanta  nequitia  ad  aures  meas 
de  tua  senectute  pervenit.    vi. 

39.  Ruhricae  De  accusationibus,  etc. 

Paper,  ff.  190,  cm.  31X21.4,  double  columns,  37-39  lines,  in  16 
quires,  of  12,  except  the  2d,  9th,  and  16th,  (10),  7th  (6),  and  13th  (22). 
Quire  signatures  below  middle  margin  of  last  versos.  A  leaf-numbering 
at  the  upper  right-hand  corner  of  each  recto,  and  near  it  usually  a  brief 
title,  De  accusa(tionibus),  De  Symonia,  etc.  Rulmgs  on  both  sides. 
Ff.  66a,  76a,  b,  are  blank.     Berlin  Purchase.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  wanting.  The  quires  are  still  stitched  together,  but  have 
lost  their  cover.  An  oval  slip  printed  in  blue,  like  those  on  nos.  2,  6, 
12, 14,  17, 18,  47,  54,  63,  65,  is  at  the  foot  of  the  back. 

Contents:   Rubricae  de  Accusationibus,  Simonia,  etc. 

Title:     De    Accusationibus    Inquisitionibus    et    Demmtiationibus 

Rubrica.     Above,  in  a  finer  hand,  lacobus  de  Rochis  super  (?) 

Incip.:  Ista  rubrica  habet  tres  partes,  primo  de  accusa(tionibus), 
f.  la. — Explic:  consuetudinem  contrariam  G.  .  .  de  consue.  c.  1.  et 
ul.,  f.  189a  (on  the  note  f.  1896  see  below). 

1.  De  accusationibus,  inquisitionibus,  et  denuntiationibus,  ff.  la- 
26a. 

2.  De  calumpniatoribus,  ff.  266,  27a. 

3.  De  symonia,  ff.  27a-41a. 

4.  Ne  prelati  vices  suas  sub  annuo  censu  concedant,  ff.  41a-426. 

5.  De  magistris,  ff.  426-436. 

6.  De  ludeis  et  Saracenis  et  eorum  servis,  ff.  436-46a. 

7.  De  hereticis,  ff.  46a-546. 

8.  De  scismaticis,  ff.  546-556. 

9.  De  apostatis  et  reiterantibus  baptismum,  ff.  556-576.  After 
the  close  of  the  9th  rubric,  f .  576,  col.  1,  the  subsequent  rubrics  are  Intro- 


40         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

duced  by  this  note:  Supra  primis  4°''  rubricis  visum  est  de  h(oniinib)us 
qui  peccant  in  deo  videndum  erat  subsequenter  de  h(ominib)us  qui 
peccant  in  homine  et  subsequenter  in  deo,  i.e.,  de  homicidio.  Et  quia 
inter  omnia  alia  genera  homicidiorum  gravius  est  filii  homicidium 
ideo  primo  subicitur  hec  Rubrica.  vel  secundo  sic  et  brevius  quia  post 
preceptum  de  colendo  deum  et  honorando  parentes.  primum  est  nega- 

tivum  non  occides  deuteronomii  3° — etc.,  habetur  materia 4, 

3a  consuluisti. 

10.  (Without  heading.)  Incip.:  Veniens.  Mulier  sponte  occidens 
filium,  ff.  576-58a.  This  and  the  following  on  ff.  57&-59a,  as  well  as 
61a,  h,  and  666  ff.  are  in  a  clearer,  more  open  hand. 

11.  De  Infantibus  et  Languidis  expositis,  ff.  58a-59a. 

12.  De  homicidio  voluntario  vel  casuali,  ff.  596-656. 

13.  De  adulterio  et  stupro,  ff.  666-68a. 

14.  De  raptoribus  et  violatoribus  ecclesiarum,  ff.  686-696. 

15.  De  furtis,  ff.  696-70a. 

16.  De  usuris,  ff.  70a-756.  A  marginal  note  on  f.  756  indicates 
that  the  paragraphs  on  that  page  should  precede  the  paragraph  begin- 
ning Naviganti,  f .  746;  f .  76  is  blank. 

17.  De  crimine  falsi,  ff.  77a-786.  In  a  different  hand,  heavier  than 
either  of  those  preceding.  Under  the  heading  is  a  note,  which  connects 
these  rubrics  with  the  preceding,  as  follows:  Continuatur  hoc  mode 
Quia  in  decalogo  post  praeceptum  negativum  non  furtum  facies  sequitur 
etiam  non  falsum  testimonium  dicas,  etc. 

18.  De  sortilegis,  ff.  786-796. 

19.  De  collusione  detegenda,  ff.  796-806. 

20.  De  delicto  puerorum,  ff.  806-81a. 

21.  De  clerico  venatore,  ff.  81a-8l6. 

22.  De  clerico  percussore,  ff.  816-82a. 

23.  De  maledicis,  ff.  82a-826. 

24.  De  clerico  excommunicato  vel  deposito  ministrante,  ff.  826~85a. 

25.  De  clerico  per  saltum  promoto,  ff.  856-866;  a  marginal  note 
refers  f.  856,  col.  2  to  a  Rubrica  de  eo  qui  ordinem  furtive  suscepit. 

26.  De  excessibus  prelatorum,  etc.,  ff.  87a-946. 

27.  De  novi  operis  nuntiatione,  ff.  946-97a. 

28.  De  privilegiis  et  excessibus  privilegiatorum,  ff.  97a-1146(?). 

29.  De  purgatione  canonica,  ff.  1146(?)-120a. 

30.  De  purgatione  vulgari,  ff.  120a-121a. 

31.  De  iniuria  et  danno  d.,  ff.  121a-124a. 

32.  De  penis,  ff.  124a-130a. 

33.  De  penitentiis  et  remissionibus,  ff.  130a-1526. 

34.  De  sententia  excommunicationis,  ff.  153o-170a;  most  of  f.  158, 
all  of  159,  more  than  one  half  of  167,  and  a  portion  of  168  are  blank. 

35.  De  verborum  significatione,  ff.  170a-1816;  f.  182  is  blank. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  41 

36.  De  regulis  juriis  (for  juris?),  ff.  183a-189a.  F.  1896  bears  a 
note  similar  to  that  on  f.  756  under  the  caption:  Adde  ad  Ab.  in  col. 
in  glo.  super  v°.  in  c°.  decernimus.  Incip.:  In  hac  opinionum  varietate 
mihi  placet  ea  opinio. — Explic:  Et  ibi  simile  de  materia.  In  ea:  F.  190 
is  blank. 

Various  changes  of  hand  appear  throughout  the  volume,  a  few  of 
which  have  been  indicated  at  points  deserving  special  notice.  The  mar- 
ginal notes  are  often  in  a  different  hand  from  the  text.  On  the  lower 
edges  the  name  Jacobus  de  Rohis  may  be  read;  cf.  f.  la. 

40.  Rubricae,  Libelli,  etc. 

Paper,  ff.  269,  cm.  28.2X21.2,  numbered  1-268,269  being  blank, 
and  a  half  leaf  following  f.  84  not  included.  28  quires,  of  10,  except 
1,  25  (9),  9,  27  (6),  10,  14  (8),  12,  13  (12);  smgle  and  double  columns, 
31-35  lines.  An  earlier  double-leaf  numbering  appears  at  foot  of  the 
last  versos  of  certain  quires,  ff.  1746  (81),  1846  (85?),  1946  (96),  2046 
(100),  2146  (105),  2246  (109?).  Column  rulings  often  on  both  sides. 
Berlin  Purchase  nos.  27,  28.     1473-89. 

Label:    wanting. 

Contents:  Rubrics,  Legal  Treatises  and  Forms.  Incip.:  In  glossa 
Rubrice  imprimo  Baldus  continuat. — Explic:  prae  formatis  videlicet 
porro. 

1.  Rubrica  De  Liberis  et  Posthumis,  ff.  l-35a. 

2.  On  modes  of  legal  procedure,  ff.  36a-52a. 

3.  Antonius  de  Raho  de  Neapoli,  De  Testamentis,  ff.  53a-78a. 

4.  Ordo  Judiciarius,  ff.  80a-836.  With  extended  marginal  com- 
mentary. 

5.  De  Vulgari  et  Pupilari  sub(stitutione),  ff.  86a-1026. 

6.  RecoUecte  Date  per  Doctissimum  Virum  Franciscum  Steam  de 
Neapoli  sub  anno  Domini  M473,  vi^  Ind(ictionis)  rengnante  rege 
Fer(dinando),  ff.  104a-1246. 

7.  Lectura  famosissimi  utriusque  doctoris  domini  cliristofori  porchi 
super  primo  secundo  tertio  Insti.,  ff.  127a-133a.  A  chart  of  family 
relationships,  in  the  form  of  a  grotesque  human  figure,  occupies  f.  1346. 

8.  De  Publicis  Judiciis  Instituta:  (in  another  ink)  Per  dominum 
Vincencium  pico  .  .  de  neapoli  sub  anon.     1.4.8.9.,  ff.  135a-159a. 

9.  Singularia  Data  ac  Conposita  per  Utriusque  Juris  doctorem 
domimun  Johannem  Spata  Fo:  sub  Anno  domini  1489.  Ff.  165a-2536. 
The  sections  of  this  work  are  numbered  in  the  margin,  1-874. 

10.  A  legal  treatise  in  three  hands,  15  sections,  ff.  254a-256a. 
Incip.:  Cum  Veritas  de  terra  sit  orta  ut  ait  dominus. — Explic:  nullum 
effectum  sortitur  patet  exemplum. 

11.  Various  Libelli,  ff.  257a-2686,  in  a  variety  of  hands. 

A  note  beginning  quia  prope  est  dominus,  heads  f.  269a;   f.  2696, 


42  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

columns  of  figures.  Ff .  786-796,  84a,  6,  103a,  6,  1336,  134a,  1596-1646, 
2566  are  blank. 

Yhesus  stands  at  the  head  of  some  pages.  A  note,  rather  like 
a  quire  signature,  at  the  foot  of  f.  2536.*  Sequuntur  singularia  Ad  hoc 
ut  possit. 

The  penciled  numbers  54  (f.  la)  58  (f.  93a)  were  given  the  various 
parts  of  the  unassembled  manuscripts  by  its  former  owner.  4  (in  ink) 
stands  at  the  head  of  f.  175a.  There  are  occasional  notes  in  various 
hands. 

41.  Sebastianus   Neapolitanus,  Declarationes  de  Regno  Siciliae 
(relating  to  the  Anjou  dynasty  of  Naples). 

Paper,  ff.  72,  cm.  43.5X29,  single  columns,  43-48  lines,  in  3  quires  of 
20,  22,  and  30  leaves,  numbered  1-73  (71  has  been  torn  out).  Ff.  666- 
736  were  left  blank,  but  ff.  67a-68a  have  been  written  over  by  a  later 
hand.  Column  rulings  on  both  sides.  Two  fly-leaves  at  the  beginning, 
blank.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  31.     Century  XV,  XVI. 

Label:  wanting.  Cover  of  unlined  parchment,  remains  of  thongs 
(4  pairs)  at  ends  and  side.     "90"  at  top  of  back. 

Contents:  Declarationes  supplectiones  ac  remissiones  Domini 
Neap:  Sebasti:  super  capitulis  Regni  utiles  ac  necessarie. 

1.  Et  primo  super  capitulis  (regis  ?)  Karoli  primi,  ff.  la-16a.  Incip.: 
De  violentiis  puniendis.     Pridem  ibi  Aratorii  boves  etiam. 

2.  Rubrica:  Capitula  regia  edita  et  confirmata  Neapoh  post  quedam 
alia  capitula  primo  edita  per  regem  carolum  2"*  tunc  principem  et  regni 
vicarium  In  planitie  sancti  martini  et  subsequenter  Neapoli  confirmata 
similiter  super  pacifico  statu  regni  composita  et  dictata  i>er  bone  memorie 
dominum  andream  de  yser(nia)  iuris  civilis  eximium  professorem  Ac 
tunc  magne  regie  curie  magistrum  rationalem,  ff.  166-29a. 

3.  Capitula  Regis  Roberti,  ff.  296-54a. 
These  include  among  other  documents: 

a)  Consultum  Gulielmi  de  pernuo  Siculi,  ff.  39a-40a.  On  f.  40a 
he  appears  as  Gulielmus  de  pernuo  doctor  Siculus.  In  this  consultum, 
Andreas  de  yser(nia)  (tl353)  is  quoted,  f.  40a,  1.  8. 

6)  A  genealogical  chronicle  (without  title)  chiefly  of  the  Anjou 
dynasty,  beginning  with  the  fall  of  the  Hohenstaufen,  1263  (1168)-1390, 
ff.  406-44a. 

c)  A  list  of  counts  created  by  the  Kings  of  Naples,  ff.  446,  45a. 

d)  Decrees  of  Robertus  and  his  son  Carolus,  Dux  Calabriae  (tl332) 
ff.   456-54a. 

A  second  hand  begins  with  f.  39a,  1.  5,  and  continues- through  f.  66a. 

4.  Capitula  Pape  honorii,  ff.  54a-60a.  (A  bull  of  Honorius  IV, 
dated  Oct.  1285.) 

5.  Memoriae  as  to  judicial  procedure,  ff.  606-62a. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  43 

6.  Tractatus  de  quibusdam  pertinentibus  Ad  Fescum,  ff.  626-656. 

7.  Quot  sunt  forme  frequentis  concessionis  feudorum,  ff.  66a. — 
Explic.:  naturales  si  de  feud.  fue.  contro.  In  the  margin,  in  the  same 
hand,  Ultimo  script(?)  1522  per  me  meren.  exempla.  At  the  head  of 
f .  666,  as  though  marking  the  end  of  the  manuscript,  Cartae  66  scripte. 

8.  (In  a  later  hand)  Legal  forms:  Forma  Mandati  ad  Informandum, 
etc.,  ff.  67a-68a.  The  date  given  in  the  first  of  these,  4  Januarii  1575, 
suggests  the  general  period  of  this  hand.  References  to  a  parallel  text 
— carte  213-237,  250 — run  through  ff.  1-37,  apparently  in  the  hand  of 
ff.  39-66.  The  Capitula  Regni  referred  to  in  the  first  title  (f.  la)  are 
perhaps  meant.  In  the  margin  of  f.  456,  Ista  capitula  regni  non  sunt 
in  capitulis  impressis  in  libro  meo.  There  are  markings  in  a  late  hand 
on  the  cover:  lUustrissimo  S(ignor?)  mio  cesarone.  The  Sebastianus 
Neapolitanus  to  whom  this  collection  is  ascribed,  f.  la,  may  be  the 
jurisconsult  of  the  name  of  the  fourteenth  century  (tl362),  but  is  more 
probably  he  of  the  fifteenth  century  (flor.  1482). 

42.  Pseudo-Seneca,  De  Quatuor  Virtutibus,  Ex  Epistulis,  etc. 

Paper,  ff.  16,  cm.  21.4X15.6,  single  colunms,  25  lines,  3  quires  of  4, 
except  the  3d  (8).  No  rulings.  F.  166  blank.  Leaves  somewhat 
patched.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  wanting.  The  manuscript  is  without  a  binding,  the  leaves 
having  escaped  from  some  dilapidated  codex. 

Contents:  Seneca,  De  Quatuor  Virtutibus,  Ad  Galionem  De  Remed- 
iis  Infortuniorum,  Ex  Epistolis  Senecae. 

1.  Incipit  tractatus  Senece  de  quatuor  Virtutibus,  ff.  la-7a,  Indp.: 
Quatuor  virtutum  species  multorum  sapient um  sententiis  diffinite  sunt. 
Explic:  aut  mentem  composui  devitet  insaniam  aut  defficiente  con- 
tempnat  ignaviam.  Explicit  tractatus  de  quatuor  virtutibus  Annei 
Lucii  Senece: — 

2.  Incipit  Liber  Senece  ad  Galionem  discipuliun  suum  de  Remediis 
Infortuniorum:  ff.  76-12a.  Indp.:  Licet  cunctorum  poetarum  car- 
mina  gremium  vestrum  semper  illustrent. — Explic:  quam  domi  sit 
ista   felicitas.     Finis. 

3.  Ex  epistolis  Senece:  ff.  126-16a.  Indp.:  Ab  alio  expectes. 
alteri  quod  feceris. — Explic:  Avaricia  est  pestis  Irremediabilis. 

Augustinus  In  epistola  ad  Medrigium  presbyterum  Fuge  feminam 
te  obsecro  et  earum  conversationem  fuge  ut  mortem.  Nam  earum 
conversatio  quid  aliud  est  quam  diaboli  ianua:  pabulum  iniquitatis. 
scorpionis  percusio.     muscarum  morsio.     et  diaboli  habitatio. 

The  text  lacks  the  interpolations  found  in  some  manuscripts  of  these 
works  and  seems  to  be  good.  The  De  Quatuor  Virtutibus  is  in  a 
different  hand  from  the  rest  of  the  manuscript;  the  hand  changing  to 
a  rounder  and  more  open  style  with  the  turning  of  f.  7.     Large  mar- 


44  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

ginal  initials  and  some  headings  are  in  red.  At  the  top  of  f.  7a,  a  finer 
hand  has  written  amo  and  amor  each  four  times.  Nota  bene  appears 
occasionally  in  the  margins  of  the  De  Quatuor  Virtutibus.  In  De 
Remediis,  and  to  a  less  extent  in  Ex  Epistolis,  a  later  hand  has  made 
corrections  and  marginal  additions,  and  has  freshened  up  what  was 
•     indistinct. 

43.  Servetus,  De  Trinitatis  Erroribus  Libri  VII. 

Paper,  ff.  166,  cm.  19X16,  single  columns,  15-28  lines.  21  quires 
of  8,  except  the  21st  (6).  No  inner  margins  left.  Ff.  lb  and  1666 
blank.  Paper  of  ff.  1-80  fine;  of  ff.  81-166  coarse.  In  the  margin  is 
penciled  a  folio  numbering,  probably  that  of  a  (printed?)  copy  with 
which  the  manuscript  has  been  compared,  running  from  Fol.  2o  on  f.  2a 
to  1196  on  f.  1656.     Hengstenberg  ?     Probably  century  XVII-XVIII. 

Label:  Servetus  de  Trinitatis  Erroribus.  Msct.  Below  in  another 
hand  and  ink,  41.     Full  pigskin  binding. 

Contents:  De  Trinitatis  Erroribus  Libri  Septem  per  Michaelem 
Serveto  (corr:  1st  hand  -turn),  alias  Reves  ab  Aragonia  Hispanum. 
Anno  M.D.  XXXI,  f.  la.  Incip.:  A  et  O  De  Trinitatis  Erroribus 
Liber  Primus.  In  scrutandis  divinae  Triadis  Sanctis  arcanis,  f.  2a. — 
Explic:  et  dedit  nobis  mentem  ut  cognoscamus  ipsum,  et  patrem  per 
ipsum,  cui  gloria  et  imperium  in  aeternum.  Amen,  Amen  sine  fine 
semper.     Selah.     Finis.    F.  1656. 

A  note  on  f.  166a,  in  a  different  but  early  hand,  reads:  Erratum. 
Ubicunque  reperies  Jehonah,  tu  lege  Jehovah,  per  ou,  non  on. 

The  date  1531,  f.  la,  is  the  date  of  the  first  publication  of  this  earliest 
of  Servetus'  works,  at  Hagenau.  The  manuscript  is  perhaps  a  copy  of  a 
printed  text.     Manuscript  copies  are  said  to  be  common. 

44.  J.  G.  Wachter,  Elucidarius  Cabalisticus. 

Paper,  ff.  104  (pages  numbered  (l)-208),  cm.  22.2X17.5,  single 
colimins,  17  lines,  26  quires  of  4.  The  title  stands  at  the  top  of  each 
opening.     Hengstenberg.     1706. 

Label:  Joh.  G.  Wachter,  Elucidarius  Cabalisticus.  Msct.  Below, 
154. 

Contents:  Elucidarius  Cabalisticus,  sive  Recondita  Hebraeorum 
Philosophiae  Brevis  et  succincta  Recensio,  Epitomatore  Joh.  Georgii 
Wachtero  Pliilos.  Prof.  Romae  Anno  MDCCVI  (f.  la). 

1.  Epistola  Dedicatoria  ad  Reverendissimum  Praesulem  D  N. 
Benjamin  Ursinum  a  Baehr,  Regiae  Majestatis  in  Borussia  Consecra- 
torem,  et  Ejusdem  Regni  Episcopum  Nee  non  Consistorii  Marchici 
Praesidem  Vicarium  (f.  2a).     The  epistola  follows,  ff.  26-56,  pp.  4-10. 

2.  Praefatio  ad  Lectorem,  ff.  6a-17a,  pp.  11-33. 

3.  Responsio  ad  censuras  iniquissimas,  quibus  hie  liber  a  nonnullis 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  45 

per  triennium  oppressus  est,  ex  Clemente  Alexandrino  Lib.  1.  Strom:  , 

ab  initio,  ff.  17a,  b,  pp.  33,  34. 

4.  Elucidarius    Cabalisticus,    ff.    176-1046,    pp.    34-208.    In    five 
chapters : 

i.  De  Origine  Cabalae. 
ii.  De  Propagatione  Cabalae. 

iii.  De  Corpore  Doctrinae  Cabalisticae.  't 

iv.  De  Consensu  Cabalae  et  Spinozae.  , 

V.  Quid  de  Cabala  Sentiendum. 

Incip.:     Ebraeorum   Philosophi    Mysteria   sua   ab   Adamo   usque  I 

derivant,  f.  18a,  p.  35. — Explic:  ipse  medetur  illustri  sua  de  Divinitate 
Christi  confessione. 

Tantum.  Exarabam 

Berolini  Anno  1702.    F.  1046,  p.  208. 


GREEK 


GREEK 

45.  (Gr.  1.)     Basilius  Magnus,  Sermo  de  Legendis  Lihris  Gentilium; 

Athanasius,  Vita  Sancti  Antonii. 

Paper,  ff.  71,  cm.  23.8X17.2,  rough  edges,  in  10  quires  of  8,  except 
3d  (4)  and  10th  (3).  The  last  leaf  of  quire  10  is  blank.  Three  fly- 
leaves at  the  beginning.  Single  columns,  20-23  lines.  Ornaments  over 
titles.  Titles,  initials  and  beginnings  of  paragraphs  in  red  throughout. 
There  is  an  old  leaf  numbering,  d-iff.    Berlin  Purchase  ?  Century  XV. 

Label:  [S.  Bas]iUi  Magni  de  Vtilitate  capienda  ex  Ubris  Gentilium. 
S.  Athanasii  Vita  M.  [Antonii]. 

Contents:  On  verso  of  3d  fly-leaf  in  front:  S.  Basilii  Oratio  de 
utilitate  capienda  ex  libb.  gentil.  S.  Athanasii  Vita  M.  Antonii.  Hanc 
minime  nancisci  potuit  qui  grecolatinam  editionem  operum  Athanasii 
novissimaliter  fecit.  Definitiones  nonnuUe.  (Of  these  "  definitiones " 
no  trace  appears  in  the  book.)  Underneath,  in  a  different  hand: 
Exscripta  per  Gregorium  Florellium  cleric.  Regul. 

1.  Incip.,  f.  da:  Tov  /xeydkov  /SacriAetov  ofxiXui  Trpos  tous  vcous  ottws 
av  ei  tXXrjViKUJV  dx^eAoivro  \6y<ov:  (red)  IIoAAa  fie  to.  TrapaKakovvrd  iari 
ivfiftovXaJaai  vfuv  w  TraiSes  a  /ScAncrTa  efvai  Kpivo). — Explic,  f.  117  a:  o  fxi) 
nddrjTt.  vvv  v/icts  tov<;  6p6ws  e^ovras  twv  XoyitrfjMv  a.rro<^tvyovTt%'.  (cf. 
Migne,  S.G.,  31,  coU.  563-590). 

2.  Incip.,  f.  iff  a:  Btos  tov  oo-lov  TraTpos  ^/xSiv  Avrtoviov  crvyypa- 
<f>€L<;  VTTO  'A^avacri'ov  ap^UTriaKoirov  'AAe^avSpetas  Trpos  tows  iv  rrj  ievrf 
fiova^oxk.  AyaOrjv  ap,tAAav  cveo'TT/o^ao'^e  7rpo9  Toi)^  iv  aiywTw  /lova^ovs. — 
Explic,  f.  70a;  w  ^  So^a,  »cat  to  KpaTOS  ciS  tous  aioivas  twv  alwvtov.  afiijv. 
Tc'Aos.  Underneath  in  fine  script:  ypr}y6pio<;,  i.e.,  the  scribe  Gregorius 
FloreUius,  cf.  fly-leaf  36  (Migne,  S.G.  26,  coU.  835-976). 

The  parchment  used  to  fasten  the  binding  to  the  back  has  on  it 
in  red  ink,  on  one  side:  Septembr.  San[cti]  egidii  abb[at]i  exvd.;  on  the 
other:  Nati vitas  sancti  domini.  The  nimiber  1  is  penciled  within  a 
circle  on  the  outside  of  the  front  cover;  cf.  no.  53.  Watermarks: 
ff.  1-20:  anchor  ( ?  or  boat  with  mast)  in  circle;  ff.  21-60:  stag  in  circle; 
ff.  61-68:  six-pointed  star  under  anchor;  ff.  69-71:  six-pointed  star 
within  four-pointed  star  in  circle  (as  on  some  leaves  of  Nicetas  on  Greg. 
Nazianz.,  no.  53,  part  of  which  was  written  by  the  same  Gregorius). 

46.  (Gr.  2.)     Evangelia  Graeca. 

Parchment,  ff.  267,  cm.  27X 18,  single  colunms,  19  lines.  Originally 
40  quires,  of  8,  except  the  40th  (7),  besides  a  prefatory  quire  of  11. 

49 


50  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

7  quires  have  been  lost  from  the  codex  (17-23).  Of  the  33  remaining, 
four  lack  one  or  two  leaves  (4,  15,  16,  32),  and  29  are  complete  (1-3, 
5-14,  24-31, 33-40).  The  quires  are  numbered  on  the  lower  inner  corner 
of  the  first  recto  and  the  last  verso.  The  hand  is  a  large  round  cursive. 
Much  of  the  writing  has  been  retraced.  Gregory,  Textkritik  des  Neuen 
Testamentes,  evv.  1290;  Von  Soden,  c  586.  Special  purchase,  1895. 
The  rulings  are  in  the  manner  usual  in  Greek  codices.    Ca.  1500. 

Label:   Four  Gospels  in  Greek,    c.  a.d.  1500. 

Contents:  The  Four  Gospels  in  Greek,  with  the  following  lacunae: 
Matt.  9:36—10:10  (quire  4,  f.  1);  12:156-29a  (4,  8);  Mark  7:246-36a 
(15,  1);  9:486— 10:14a  (16,  1);  12:1— Luke  9:2  (16,  8,  and  17-23); 
John  l:l-14a  (32,  1);  3:146-27a  (32,  8). 

1.  Lesson-titles  with  explanatory  paragraphs,  the  Letter  of  Eusebius 
to  Carpianus;  the  Eusebian  Canons,  in  red,  ff.  la-86. 

2.  'Yirodcais  rov  Kara  Mardalov  evayye\iov  and  list  (in  red)  of  chapter 
titles  of  Matthew,  £f.  9o-lla. 

3.  Matt.  1:1—9:35;  10:11— 12: 15o;  12:296— 28:20,  ff.  12a-976. 

4.  'Y-jroOeaLS  tov  Kara  MdpKov  ayCov  evayyeXiov,  and  list  (in  red)  of 
chapter  titles  of  Mark,  ff.  98a-996. 

5.  Mark  1 : 1—7 :  24a;  7 :  366—9 :  48a;   10 :  146—1 1 :  33,  ff .  lOOa-1346. 

6.  Luke  9:3—24:53,  ff.  135a-1966. 

7.  'Ynofxvrjfjua  eis  tov  ayiov  d-jroaToXov  'IwdwTjv  tov  deoXoyov  and  list 
(in  red)  of  chapter  titles  of  John,  ff.  197a-1986. 

8.  John  1:146— 3:14a;  3:276—21:25,  ff.  199a-2676. 

Just  before  the  beginning  of  Matthew,  the  following  hexameters 
appear,  f.  11a.- 

t/wtT^atov  ToSe  Ipyov  •   dptCTTOTrovoto  tcXwvov  • 
OS  TOKOV  e<fipa<T€  deiov  aTreipoyd/xoio  yvvaiKOs: 
rj  T€K£  dcnropov  vlov  ov  oi  ^aSev  oipavb'i  €vpv<:  • 
X(pio-To)v  aei^wovTa  •   6{€o)v  fipoTov  avTov  eovra.  f 

Before  the  beginning  of  Mark  are  the  following  hexameters,  not  unusual 
in  gospel  cursives,  f.  99a.  The  verses  are  written  as  prose;  the  verse- 
divisions  are  supplied  below: 

o(T(Ta  TTf.pX  -^pLaroio  6e.rfy6po<:  Wvca  Tr^Tpos 
Krjpwradiv  cSt'SaerKcv  airo  (TTO/idTOiv 
ipLTifJLWv,  I  ivOdSe  fxdpKos  ayeipe  Kai  iv 
(TtXiSearaLv  eOrjKC  •  \  Tovv€Ka  koI  /xepo- 
TTtcrcnv  evayyeXos  aXAo?  i8ei)(6r}: —  | 
epyov  dpiTrpcTres  ex  fieydXov  Trirpov 
/Avr/^eiS,  I  fidpKO'i  eTev$€  ToSe  7rv(cu)iiaTo)s 
cv  (ro<f>Lr}: 

The  last  two  hexameters  are  repeated  at  the  top  of  the  following 
page,  f .  996.    There  are  ornamental  Il-shaped  headings  at  the  beginnings 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  51 

of  Matthew  and  Mark,  and  a  few  initial  capitals.    See  Frontispiece, 
f.  11a,  Matt.  l:l-4a. 

The  codex  was  purchased  by  the  University  in  1895  through  Pro- 
fessor Ernest  D.  Burton  and  Professor  Caspar  Rene  Gregory,  from  the 
estate  of  a  Greek  of  Thera,  by  whom  it  had  been  brought  to  Chicago, 
The  text  is  Syrian.  Collation  and  estimate  by  Edgar  J.  Goodspeed,  in 
Journal  of  Biblical  Literature,  XXI  (1902),  pp.  100-107.    Cf.  no.  50. 

47.  (Gr.  3.)     Georgius  Hamartolus,  Chronicon,  cum  versione  Latina. 

Paper,  ff.  xii-f  555,  cm.  46X34,  single  columns,  25  lines,  100  (juires 
of  6,  except  nos.  1,  4,  5,  29,  81,  91,  93,  95,  96  (4),  15,  16,  50,  51,  77  (5), 
47  (7),  3,  100  (2),  and  78  (3).  In  the  leaf  numbering,  132,  210,  and 
550  have  been  repeated.  A  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning  and  end.  Rulings 
on  one  side,  margin  rulings  on  both  sides.  Ff.  i6,  iiia-iv6,  x6,  la, 
5516-5526  are  blank.     BerUn  Purchase  no.  8.     Rome,  1785. 

Label:  Georgii  Hamartoli  sive  loannis  Siculi  Chronicon  MS  G.L. 
Papal  Arms  (Pius  VI)  above.  Below,  no.  6,  on  an  oval  paper  label 
like  those  on  nos.  2,  6,  12,  14,  17,  18,  39,  54,  63,  65. 

Contents:  Honori  Pii  Sexti  Pontificis  Max.  Optimi  Principis 
Chronicon  Georgii  Hamartoli  sive  loannis  Siculi  ab  Orbe  condito 
usque  ad  annmn  DCCCXLII,  cum  continuatione  innominati  Autoris 
ad  annum  DCCCLXXXVI.  E  Codicibus  Graecis  MSS  Vaticanis 
descripsit,  latin umque  fecit  loannes  Elias  Baldus  Romanus  BibUothecae 
Vaticanae  Graecus  Scriptor.     Anno  MDCCLXXXV.     F.  ia. 

1.  Dedicatory  address,  f.  iia-6.-  Pio  Sexto  Pontifici  Maximo  loannes 
Elias  Baldus  Perennem  Fehcitatem.  Incip.:  Honores,  gratiae,  et 
praemia. — Explic:   cunctaque  tibi  prospera  eveniant. 

2.  Praefatio,  Incip.:  Duorum  Scriptorum  Chronographiam. — Explic: 
Et  de  hoc  plurimas  gratias  eisdem  semper  agemus.  Ippwcro,  ff.  \a-xa. 
Baldus  holds  that  the  original  Chronicon  of  Georgius  Hamartolus  has 
been  supplemented  by  loannes  Siculus  from  a  Chronicon  of  Simeon, 
"Magister  et  Logotheta."  As  to  manuscripts,  Baldus  states  that  he 
copies  from  Cod.  Vaticanus  153,  putting  in  the  margins  readings  of 
Cod.  Palatinus  394,  which  sometimes  differs  widely  from  the  exemplar, 
e.g.,  f.  3346,  Codex  Palat.  multum  differt  hie  a  Vaticano.  To  this 
preface  is  appended  a  list:  Scriptores  quorum  autoritatibus  usus  est 
Georgius  Hamartolus  in  hoc  Chronico,  ff.  xia-xii6. 

3.  Table  of  Contents,  ff.  l6-32a.-  Here  and  throughout  the  rest  of  the 
manuscript,  the  Greek  occupies  the  versos,  the  Latin  the  opposite  rectos. 
The  Latin  titles  are  usually  accompanied  by  the  fol.  number.  Greek 
Incip.: 

Iltva^  aKpi^-qs  tjJs  ypa<f>rj<i  tov  jSt^Atou 
Trpa^ets  irapicrTUiv  kuI  xpovovi  aTefftrfffiopwv 
Trpo^cis  TToAatas  «pya  kol  /caTao-racrets. 


52         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

(TVfxfSdvTa  Kal  irpa^OevTa  ttSs  fiaOeLV  deXtov 

ravTrjv  jSl/SXov  SUXOe,  rots  yeypafxfxevoi'i 

Tov  vovv  i(f>i(TTS)v  (Tracri  SUppl.  mg.)  ixrj  Tt  ttov  Xddoi. 

o>s  dv,  7rapL(TT(jiiv  ravra  rots    ovk  eiSocriv, 

£;(etv  vofLt^r]  irpayixdroiv  ifiTrupiav- 

Hepl  'ASdfJL  TOV  TTpHiTOirXdfTTOV. 

Explic:    Tlepl  twv  avyK€KoXXT]p.€vwv  B.  dppevuyv,  Tcpa?  tl  /u-eya  <f>aivofJievwv. 

4.  Prologue,  ff.  326-36a.  TtY^e;  UpoXoyo^  Xpovt/djs  'lo-Toptas  Fcwp- 
yt'ou  Movaxov.  The  margin  has  a  fuller  title  found  "In  Codice  Palatino 
Heidelbergensi  394."  Greek  Incip.:  UoXXol  /xev  twv  e$o)  ^tXoXdyoi  Kai 
Xoyoypd<f>OL. — Explic:  ttjv  dp)(r]v  ivT€V$cv  Kara.  Tr]v  ifi-qv  Trotrjcro/JiaL  8wa/xiv. 

5.  The  preliminary  part  of  the  Chronicon,  ff.  356-6 la.  Title:  Xpovi- 
Kov  (TvvTOfxov  iK  8ia(f)6p(ov  xpovoypd<f)(i}v  T£  Kai  e$r]yr]T(jiiv  crvXXeykv  koI  (tvv- 
Te$kv  VTTo  VtiDpyLov  'ApMprwXov  ^ova)(ov.  Greek  Incip.:  )8t/?Xos  yeve'o'ecjs 
dv$pu>Tru)v,  r]  rffxipa  iTrXacrev  6  ^cos  tov  ASa/i  Kar'  ciKova  Kal  o/xoiiiXTLV  avTOv. 
— Explic:  Ov  yap  rjSeaav  ctTretv :  Ev  dpx§  iiroLr]cr€v  6  ©cos  tov  oupavov  Kai 
T^v  y^v. 

6.  The  Chronicon  proper.  Ff.  606-55 la.  Title:  'Ap^r]  tov  XpoviKov 
^l(BXlov  Teiapyiov  Movaxov.  Greek  Incip.:  a'.  TEi7ravdXr)i(/i<:  Trj<;  dp\ato- 
Xoyuxs  ev  CTriTO/xw  dpxop.(V7}<i  diro  tov  'ABdfx.  'ASap,  Tot'vvv  KaTo.  tov 
<TO<f><i)TaTov  KOL  Oeiov  viro^rjTtjv  Mcjvcri/v. — Explic:  6  fia(nXtv<i  d<Tp.(ve(TTaTa 
vtrtStiaTO,  Kal  Slo.  Trd(Tr]<i  rjyt  TL/xrj^. 

Latin  Incip.:  1.  Repetitio  historiae  de  rebus  antiquis. — Explic. 
Imperator  libentissime  eum  suscepit,  atque  omnino  in  honore  habuit. 
Laus  Deo  Uni  et  Trino. 

This  subscription  follows  the  Greek  text,  f.  5506;  'EreXeLmdrj  ri  wapovaa 
AeA-Tos  tv  Trj  TrpoeopTrj  tov  cvSo^ov  Kai  fieyaXofidpTvpo<:  tov  ay  tov  AavpevTiov 
AuiKovov,  iv  cTCt  aTTO  T^s  <rapKO}(T€(ji>^  TOV  Kvptou  ly/itov  Irjaov  Xpio"ToS 
^tXiooTTo)  e(38ofxtKocnocrT(o  oySoT/Koo-ToJ  TrifnrTto,  8ta  \€Lp6<:  Iwdwov  VLXiov 
BoASov  Voifiaiov  Trj<;  3t^XLo6-qKr}<i  BaTiKavrys  cAAt^vikou  Tpafifw.T€ws. 

The  last  guard  has  a  penciled  pricemark  in  lire.  The  prevailing 
watermarks  are  a  fleur-de-lis  in  a  single  or  double  circle,  and  vittori. 

48.  (Or.  4.)  Michael  Glycas,  Epistolae,  cum  versione  Latina,  Vol.  I. 

Paper,  ff.  406,  cm.  43.4X27.9,  in  88  quires  of  4,  except  nos.  6  (2); 
26,  56,  65-71  and  88  (6);  60,  72,  74,  76,  78,  80,  82,  84,  86  (8);  single 
columns,  22-24  Unes.  Three  fly-leaves  and  one  leaf  bearing  title-page 
in  front,  3  fly-leaves  in  back.  Ruling  on  recto.  A  penciled  line  sepa- 
rates the  writing  from  the  wide  margins.  Folio  numbering  (except  on 
prefatory  ff.)  in  brown  ink,  from  2-384.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  6.     1787. 

Label:  MichaeUs  Glycae  Epistolae  Theolog.  Selectae  G.L.  MS. 

Title-page:  Pio  Sexto  Pont.  Max.  Literarum  Artiumque  Egregiarum 
Conservatori  Optimo  Principi  Michaelis  Glycae  Epistolas  Selectas  de 
Quaestionibus  Theologicis  editas  et  ineditas  loannes  Elias  Baldus  Ro- 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  53 

manus  ex  Codice  Graeco  MS.  Aloysii  LoUini  Episcopi  Bellunensis 
descripsit  omnes  fere  in  Latinum  vertit  praefatione  ornavit  et  ob  collata 
sibi  beneficia  D.  N.  M.  Q.  E.  D.  D.  Anno  MDCCLXXXVII.  Under- 
neath are  the  arms  of  Pius  VI,  the  papal  keys  and  tiara  over  the 
Braschi  arms  (?),  carefully  done  in  pen  and  ink.  The  same  arms 
appear  stamped  in  gold  upon  the  fine  brown  calfskin  of  the  binding,  on 
the  front  and  back  covers,  as  on  nos.  49,  65;  cf.  no.  47. 

Contents:  1.  Prefatory  material.  A.  Dedication,  Incip.,  f.  ia:  Pio 
Sexto  Pontifici  Maximo  loannes  Elias  Baldus  Perennem  Fehcitatem. 
Tertium  hoc  meum  opus  .  .  (The  University  owns  one  of  these  other 
works,  Georgius  Hamartolus  (no.  47),  but  not  the  other,  Nicephoras 
Gregoras.)  In  its  first  section  the  dedicatory  address  deals  especially 
with  former  librarians  of  the  Vatican  and  their  labors,  in  the  second  and 
last,  with  the  gifts  of  Pius  VI  to  the  library,  of  which  the  purchase  of 
the  manuscripts  (chiefly  Greek)  of  the  monastery  S.  Basilii  Magni  de 
Urbe  is  especially  enlarged  upon. — Explic,  f.  iva;  Te  diu  incolumem, 
beatumque  conservet. 

B.  Preface,  Incip.,  f.  va:  loannis  Ehae  Baldi  Praefatio  ad  Glycae 
Epistolas.  Cum  varias  ob  causas. — Section  1:  Dignitas  operi;  2:  Qui 
Glycae  epistolasedidere;  3:  De  Glycae  Aetate;  4:  Examen  sententiarum 
de  Glycae  aetate,  ac  nonnuUarum  earum  refutatio;  5:  De  Codicibus 
Epistolarum  Glycae  in  variis  BibUothecis  (a  very  full  description  of 
Cod.  LoUinensis  34,  Vaticanus  1718,  from  which  Baldus'  copy  was 
made);  6;  De  Sententiis  Glycae  in  suis  Epistolis.— Explic,  f.  xvib:  ut 
illos,  qui  non  tam  obvii  sunt,  reperias.  Vale. 

C.  Incip.,  f.  xviia:  Syllabus  Scriptorum  qui  in  Epistohs  Glycae 
citantur.  Acacius  Caesareae.  f.  32. — Explic,  f.  xixa;  Vitae  Patrum 
142.  222.  379. 

D.  Incip.,  f.  xxa:  Elenchus  Epistolarum  Glycae.  1:  Ad  Joannem 
S'maitsim.— Explic,  f.  xxiift.-  Ad  Thedoram  ManueUs  Imp.  Neptem, 
quae  vehementer  animum  despondebat  ob  caedem  quam  perpetrare  ausa 
est  in  quandam  mulierem  zelotypiae  causa,  f.  378. 

2,  The  Letters.  Greek  Incip.,  f.  16;  TpafifmriKov  MLxarjX  tov  TKvko. 
'ETTto-ToXat.  Tw  Tt/xituTaTO)  /AOva;((j)  arvXiry  Kvp(a  'Iwdvvr]  t<Z  Sivairg.  Ei 
Xpr)  <TvyKaTapaiv€Lv  rots  irraLOvaiv  kul  fxi]  Kara  \&yov  axrroL<i  eirtTLfxav  tov 
irpoa-qKovTa.  d.  Kai  tovto /actoi  twv  oAAwv.  Latin /ricip.,  f.  2a;  Michaelis 
Glycae  Grammatici  Epistolae.  Ad  loannem  Sinaitam  Monachum  et 
Stylitam  maxime  venerandum.  Utrum  in  peccatum  lapsis  condescen- 
dendum,  an  prout  ratio  postulat  increpandi  sint.  Hoc  etiam  inter  alia. 
Greek  Explic,  f.  3836;  ^atVerat  yap  ivrevOev  is  €/<ovT£S  T7/iAeTs  eis  Odvarov 
iavTOvs  TTpoSiBoafjLev.  'ETcXeiw^r;  17  avrr)  AcAtos  Blo.  x^i-po'i  f/Aor  Iw"".  HXta 
BoASov  piofJuiLOV  iv  Trj  Trpoeoprrj  twv  dytwraTCDV  Airoarokuiv  IleTpov  Kai 
UavXov  yjfxipa  £  erovs  ,ai/'7r^— Latin  Explic,  f.  384  a;  Hinc  enim  sponte 
nosmetipsos  in  mortem  prodere  apparet. 


54  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

Michael  Glycas  is  well  known  as  a  Byzantine  historian  of  the  better 
class.  His  reputed  letters  (i-xxix)  are  printed  in  Migne,  Patrologia, 
Ser.  Graec,  Vol.  158,  coll.  647-958.  The  two  Glycas  manuscripts,  nos. 
48  and  49,  include  the  bulk  of  those  in  Migne,  but  preserve  a  much 
fuller  collection  of  93  letters  (56  in  this  volume  and  37  in  Vol.  II). 
These  letters  contain  much  unpublished  material,  and  many  quotations 
especially  from  ancient  and  mediaeval  ecclesiastical  literature.  Variants 
are  given  in  the  margin.  The  recto  of  the  last  fly-leaf  shows  a  penciled 
pricemark  in  lire.  Watermark:  On  one-half  of  the  leaf  a  fleur-de-lis  ( ?) 
in  a  circle;  in  the  other:  Pietro  Milano  Fabriano. 

49.  (Gr.  5.)  Michael    Glycas,    Epistolae,    cum    versione    Latina, 
Vol.  II. 

Paper,  ff.  216,  cm.  43.8X28.2,  in  54  quires  of  4,  except  the  1st  (2) 
and  47th  (6).  2  fly-leaves  in  front  and  back.  Columns,  rulings,  etc.,  as 
in  Vol.  I.  (no.  48).  Folio  numbering  (except  prefatory  ff.)  from  2-202. 
Berlin  Purchase  no.  7.     1788. 

Label:  Mich.  Glycae  Epist.  Theol.  Relig.  G.L.  MS. 

Title-page,  f.  ia:  Michaelis  Glycae  Epistolae  Reliquae  de  Quaes- 
tionibus  Theologicis  Omnes  praeter  unam  ineditae  CoUectae  et  in 
latinum  versae  A  Joanne  Elia  Baldo  Romano  Ad  Pium  Sextum  Pont. 
Max. — Arms  of  Pius  VI  here  and  on  binding  as  in  Vol.  I,  except  that  in 
this  vol.  they  are  above  the  date:  Anno  Christi  MDCCLXXXVIII. 

Contents:  1.  Prefatory  material.  A.  Dedication,  Incip.,  f.  iia.* 
Beatissime  Pater.  Etsi  in  superiori  volumine  Sanctissime  Pater  Glycas 
iste. — Explic,  f.  iii6;  precans  quotidie  Deum  Optimimi  Maximum  ut 
Sanctitatem  Tuam  diu  incolumem,  fehcem,  atque  beatam  servet. 

B.  Incip.,  f.  iva.*  Praefatio  loannis  Eliae  Baldi  In  Reliquas  Michaelis 
Glycae  Epistolas.  Utilitas  quam  literis. — Explic,  f.  ixa;  diximus  etiam 
de  Investituris  Bonifacii  VIII.  corrige  IX.     Vale. 

C.  Incip.,  f.  ix6;  Index  Scriptorum  qui  a  Glyca  in  praesenti  volumine 
citantur.  Actus  Apostolorum.  140.  192.  199. — Explic,  f.  x6."  Vita  S. 
Simeonis  Styhtae.  47. 

D.  Incip.,  f.  xia.-  Argumenta  Epistolarum  Glycae  In  hoc  volmnine. 

1.  Quid  sentiendum  et  dicendum  de  horabili  Christi  cruce,  f.  2. 
Explic,  f.  xii6;  37.  Ad  Nectarium.  An  dicentibus  Sacrarum  Scriptu- 
rarum  lectionem  nihil  prodesse  sit  attendendum.  f.  190.  The  last  two 
folia  of  the  prefatory  quires  are  blank. 

2.  The  Letters  of  Glycas.  Greek /ncip.,  f.  \h:  TfMfXfmriKov  Mi^a^X 
Tov  TXvKci  lEnri(TToXxil  Xonrai.  Tc'  Se  ^pi)  kol  ctti  tw  TLfiLij)  (rravpia  rov 
ILpLcrrov  <f>poveiv  re  kol  Ae'yetv.  d.  oAA.  /cc>  Et  Se  kol  tov  (rravpov. — 
Latin  Incip.,  f.  2a:  Michaelis  Glycae  Grammatici  Epistolae  Reliquae. 
Quid  sentiendum  et  dicendum  de  honorabili  Christi  Cruce.  1.  al.  26. 
Etiamsi  Crux. — Greek  Explic,  f.  2016;  <S  ^  86$a  eis  tov<:  atwvas  'Afjirjv. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARI E S  55 

TEA02.— Latin  Explic,  f.  202a;  cui  gloria  in  secula.  Amen.  FINIS. 
The  pricemark  in  lire,  and  watermarks,  as  in  Vol.  I.  This  volume  con- 
tains 37  letters  of  Glycas.  On  Glycas  and  Migne's  edition  of  a  part  of 
his  letters,  see  no.  48. 

50.  (Gr.  6.)     Lectionarium  Epistolarum. 

Parchment,  ff.  6,  cm.  26. 3X 17,  1  quire,  single  columns,  39-43  lines. 
Probably  the  last  quire  of  a  book,  for  the  la.st  lesson  ends  with  1.  3  of 
f.  66.  Professor  Gregory's  leaf  numbering  (1-267)  of  the  accompanying 
Gospels  manuscript  (no.  46)  continues  through  these  leaves  (268-273). 
Marginal  capitals  and  lectionary  indications  are  in  red.  Special 
purchase,  1895.     Century  XIII. 

Label:  the  leaves  were  bound  up,  in  1897,  as  an  appendix,  with  the 
Haskell  Gospels  (no.  46),  the  book  being  labeled:  Four  Gospels  in 
Greek  c.  a.d.  1500. 

Contents:  Church  lessons  from  the  epistles,  the  majority  for  Lent. 
Incip.:  TTt'jo-Tet  paayS  17  iropvq-  (Heb.  11:31)  f.  la. — Explic:  a<f>opoovvT£<: 
CIS  Tov  T^s  TTio-Tews  d/3;(iyov  koI  tcXciwttjv  I(7j(rov)v  (Heb.  12:2)  f.  66. 
The  leaves  preserve  33  (possibly  34)  lessons,  aU  but  the  first  being 
complete.    They  are  usually  introduced  by  "ASeX^ot.    The  texts  are: 

1.  Heb.  11:31  18.  Rom.  6:3-11 

2.  Heb.  3 :  12-16  19.  I  Tim.  2 : 1-7 

3.  Heb.  1:10—2:1  20.  Heb.  7:7-17 

4.  Heb.  10:32-38a  21.  Gal.  4:4-7 

5.  Heb.  4:14—5:6    ,  22.  I  Cor.  9:19—10:4  (a  division  at 

6.  Heb.  6:9-12  9:27) 

7.  Heb.  6:13-20  23.  Tit.  2:11-14;  3:4-7 

8.  Heb.  9:24-28  24.  II  Tim.  2:11-19 

9.  Heb.  9:11-14  25.  II  Tim.  3:10-15 

10.  Heb.  12:28—13:8  26.  II  Tim.  3:1-9 

11.  Phil.  4:4-9  27.  I  Cor.  6:12-20 

12.  I  Cor.  11:23-30  28.  I  Cor.  10:23-28 

13.  Rom.  5:6-11  29.  I  Cor.  8:8— 9:2 

14.  I  Cor.  1:10-18  30.  Rom.  14:19-23;  16:25-27 

15.  I  Cor.  15:1-11  31.  Rom.  13:116—14:4 

16.  Gal.  6:11-13,  14-18  32.  Heb.  9:1-7 

17.  I  Cor.  1:18—2:2  33.  Heb.  11:33— 12:2a 

The  material  is  for  the  most  part  that  usually  found  on  the  last 
leaves  of  lectionaries;  cf.  Gregory,  Textkritik,  Vol.  I,  pp.  360-364. 
After  the  lessons  have  been  carried  through  the  great  Sabbath,  how- 
ever, with  no.  18  (Rom.  6:3-11),  the  remainder  is  a  rather  miscellaneous 
gathering  of  texts,  some  according  to  the  Menologion  for  days  of  the 
month,  others  for  various  days  of  the  movable  church  year.    No.  26 


56         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

(II  Tim.  3 : 1-9)  lacks  a  caption  in  the  manuscript  and  is  not  found  in 
the  material  printed  by  Gregory,  op.  cit.,  pp.  343-386.  A  modern 
hand  has  penciled  in  the  margins  Syriac  notes,  apparently  indicative  of 
the  days  for  which  the  lessons  are  intended.  Below  the  text,  on  f.  66 
a  more  recent  hand  has  written 

avtge  TO  (TTO/xa  fxov  Kai  TrX-qpoOr} 
aerai  TrvevyuaTos  Kai  Xoyov  €pe.v$o 
fuu  TT)  /SaaiXei  -  - 

Trais  TravTcAi^s  ck  ^u)pLov 
Kpa{  ?) 

Below,  in  pencil,  4>vXXa  [[evaj]  huiKocra  e/SSoixrjra  8l6  272  (that  is,  <f>vXXa 
SiaKoa-ia  e/SBofjirJKovTa  Bvo  272).  The  number  of  leaves  in  the  present 
codex,  including  the  gospels,  273,  is  probably  meant.  At  the  head  of 
f.  2b,  an  early  hand  has  written  wSt  -qarjv  ol  d7ro)crTwA.(ot)  t6v  wpbv  r-q 
ay{ia.)  Kai  /i.eya(AT;)  7rap(a(r)Kevot  •  (  =  wSe  elalv  ol  aTrdcTToXot  tG)v  wpwv  ry 
ayia  kol  fieydXtj  Trapaa-Ktvy).  The  manuscript  was  purchased  for  the 
University,  with  the  Haskell  Gospels  (no.  46),  by  Professor  E.  D.  Burton 
and  Professor  C.  R.  Gregory,  September  12,  1895,  from  Constantine 
Mitchell,  executor  of  Pericles  Morades,  who  had  brought  it  to  Chicago 
from  some  part  of  Greece,  probably  the  island  of  Thera. 

51.  (Gr.  7.)     NiCEPHORAS  Gregoeas,  Historia  Byzantina.     Lib.  24, 
c.  5— Lib.  37  (38). 

Paper,  ff.  477  and  2  fly-leaves,  cm.  27.9X19.4  to  28.5X20.7, 
single  columns,  20  to  29  lines.  The  left  half  of  the  page  is  left  as  a 
margin  for  notes  and  corrections.  50  quires  of  irregular  size,  nos.  7, 
17-26,  30-32,  38-41,  46-49,  of  12;  nos.  3,  14-16,  33,  35-37,  44  and  45, 
of  10;  nos.  1,  8,  11-13,  of  8;  nos.  2,  9,  50,  of  4;  nos.  4  and  6,  of  3; 
nos.  5  and  34,  of  2;  nos.  27  and  28,  of  6;  nos.  42  and  43,  of  11;  no.  10, 
of  5.  No  ruUngs;  a  fold  divides  each  page  vertically.  Berlin  Purchase 
no.  4.    Ca.  1700. 

Label:  Nicephori  Gregorae  Historiae  Byzant.  Tomus  III  Graece. 
— On  the  back  a  rectangular  paper  label,  like  those  on  nos.  1,5, 11,  52, 65. 

Contents:  Nicephorus  Gregoras,  Byzantine  History,  Lib.  24,  c.  5  to 
the  end  of  Lib.  37  (38  in  the  numbering  of  the  manuscript).  Incip., 
f.  la."  Ni/oy<^dpov  Tov  Tpr}yopa.  Ke<f>d\aiov  e.  tov  I^l^Xlov  kK.  t^s  'Pw/xaiK^? 
loTopt'as.  "HSrj  Se  tov  <f>0tvOTru)pov  XrjyovTO<;  /cat  t^s  iopTrjs  irrLaTaxTr]^. 
Explic.yf.  475:  XdOtofiev  dTroXwXtKOTe^  TO.  dvayKaioTaTa  t^S  Soy/AartK^s  utto- 
6ea€(x)<i.  The  manuscript  exhibits  a  number  of  other  peculiarities  and 
irregularities  indicative  of  a  curious  origin  and  history.  A  leaf  num- 
bering, counting  usually  only  the  leaves  written  upon  and  uncanceled, 
runs  from  1  (f.  1,  quire  1)  to  230  (the  last  leaf  of  quire  27).  2  blank 
leaves  at  the  end  of  quire  19,  and  1  each  at  the  end  of  quires  2  and  23 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  57 

are  left  uncounted,  as  is  the  case  also  with  the  first  5  leaves  of  quire  20, 
which  are  canceled.  On  the  recto  of  the  first  leaf  of  quire  28  begins  a 
page  niunbering  (a,  2-12,  iy'-/u.',  41-132)  running  to  the  last  verso  of 
quire  33.  There  follows:  leaf  numbering  (133-162),  f.  1,  quire  34  to 
f.  9,  quire  37,  2  blank  leaves,  1  each  at  the  end  of  quires  36  and  37 
being  again  left  unnumbered;  page  numbering  (212-244),  f.  la,  quire 
3S— f.  5a,  quire  39;  page  numbering  (235-341),  f.  56,  quire  39— f.  116, 
quire  43;  leaf  numbering  (142-211),  f.  1,  quire  44 — f.  2,  quire  50,  the 
last  two  leaves,  quire  50,  blank,  unnumbered.  The  book  number- 
ing, too,  is  irregular.  The  historical  books,  24 — 29  are  correctly 
numbered,  no.  25  bearing  the  legend:  Tot)  airov  Pw/xai/c^s  la-Topias 
Xoyos  i8.  ^yovv  kc.  t^s  0A17S  avTov  Fwfxa'iiaj'i  laropias.  Of  the  6  dog- 
matical books  following,  the  first  is  left  without  any  number;  over  no. 
2,  a  portion  of  the  superscription,  reading,  pw/uuKiJs  /x-kv  la-Topia^  Xa,  has 
been  canceled;  3-5  show  no  peculiarity;  no.  6  is  mmabered  36  of  the 
History,  whereas  by  actual  count  it  is  35.  This  is  followed  by  two 
historical  books,  munbered  37  and  38  respectively. 

The  manuscript  was  probably  copied  from  several  (at  least  3)  diff- 
erent manuscripts,  and  collated  with  one  or  two  others.  The  margin 
of  f.  la  contains  the  note:  Ex  MS.  Codice  Vaticano  num.  1095,  pag. 
95,  and  an  occasional  marginal  note  (e.g.,  ff.  60a,  616,  736,  786)  gives 
the  pagination  of  that  manuscript  from  111-117.  In  the  canceled  por- 
tion of  quire  20  begins  a  new  marginal  pagination  in  the  hand  of  the 
scribe  who  wrote  that  portion,  which  runs,  following  the  hand  of  this 
scribe,  from  1-33  in  quires  20-27  and  from  63-70  in  quires  35-37,  giving 
presumably  the  foUo  munbering  of  the  original  from  which  this  portion 
was  copied.  In  quire  38  a  third  marginal  notation  sets  in,  beginning, 
on  page  numbered  217,  with  113  and  running  through  quire  43  to  144 
on  page  341.  Aside  from  this,  a  hand  differing  from  that  of  the  scribe 
or  scribes  has  suppUed  quires  24-33  with  a  marginal  notation  running 
from  156  to  205.  These  are  the  folia  of  Vat.  1095,  and  their  insertion 
shows  that  this  portion  of  our  manuscript  was  collated  with  that  codex. 
At  least  6  different  hands  are  found  in  the  body  of  the  manuscript,  the 
first  in  quires  1-7  through  f.  40a;  quires  11-19,  f.  59-146a;  quires 
44-50,  f .  142-211 ;  the  second  in  quire  7,  f .  406-416;  quires  20-27,  from  the 
5  canceled  folia  left  unnumbered  at  the  beginning  of  quire  20 — f .  230o; 
quires  35-37,  f.  135-162a;  the  third  in  quires  8-10,  ff.  42  through  576; 
the  fourth  in  quire  10,  f.  58;  the  fifth  in  quires  28-34,  pp.  a,  2-12,  ly -fi, 
41-132,  f.  133,  134;  the  sixth  in  quires  38-43,  pp.  212-341.  Several 
other  hands  have  been  at  work  upon  the  manuscript,  supplying,  in 
marginal  notes  running  intermittently  throughout  the  manuscript,  con- 
jectural emendations,  the  location  of  quotations,^  the  proper  place  for 

1  Of  especial  interest  is  a  note  on  f .  1026,  quire  16,  where  in  reference  to  a 
quotation  from  Athanasius  the  scribe  copied  what  was  evidently  a  marginal 


58  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

section-indentions,  either  as  the  reader  found  them  in  another  manu- 
script with  which  he  was  collating,  or,  more  probably,  as  he  thought 
they  ought  to  be,  etc.  The  whole  manuscript  shows  signs  of  hurried 
preparation.  The  work  of  the  various  scribes  occasionally  overlaps  at 
the  end  and  beginning  of  quires,  and  one  of  the  duplicate  copies  is  then 
canceled  (quire  8,  ff.  42a-436;  quire  10,  f.  58;  the  first  five  ff.  of  quire 
20).  The  edges  of  some  of  the  quires  are  roughly  trimmed,  some  are 
left  altogether  untrimmed.  The  binding,  pigskin  over  pasteboard,  is 
loosely  put  on.     The  place  of  clasps  is  taken  by  cords  of  hemp  or  flax. 

The  watermarks,  especially  those  of  the  fly-leaves,  which  bear  the 
name  Fabriano,  refer  the  paper  of  the  manuscript  to  Italy  as  its 
place  of  origin.  There  is  a  penciled  pricemark  in  lire  on  the  inside  of 
the  rear  cover. 

The  manuscript  was  probably  prepared  for  use  in  Boivinus'  edition 
of  Nicephorus  Gregoras'  Byzantine  History.  Boivinus  was  the  first  to 
publish  (Paris,  1702)  Lib.  12— Lib.  24,  c.  ii,  4,  of  Gregoras'  History.  This 
was  Vol.  II  of  his  work.  No  one  before  his  time  or  unacquainted  with 
his  work  would  have  entitled  Lib.  24,  c.  ii,  5 — Lib.  37  (38)  of  the  history 
Tomus  III,  as  does  our  manuscript,  and  that  is  precisely  the  point  at 
which  Boivinus  left  his  work.  Having  carried  the  publication  of  the 
History  in  Tom.  II  through  Lib.  24,  c.  ii,  4,  he  promised  to  complete 
his  edition  by  a  third  volume,  the  contents  of  which  were  to  be  "libri 
quatuordecim,  historici  quidem  octo,  dogmatici  vero  sex,"  and  a  fourth 
volume,  which  was  to  contain  Opuscula.  These  last  two  volumes  were 
never  published.  But  Boivinus'  preface  shows  that  he  had  collected 
considerable  material  for  the  third  volume  at  least.  For  this  he  had 
copies  of  manuscripts  from  the  Vatican  prepared  under  the  supervision 
of  I.  Vivantius  at  the  expense  of  the  abbot  Camillus  Teller  covering 
apparently  Lib.  25  and  26;  a  Paris  manuscript  containing  apparently 
Lib.  28  to  32  or  33,  and  for  the  rest  again  copies  of  Roman  manuscripts 
given  him  by  Fr.  Rostgaard.  There  can  scarcely  be  any  doubt  that  the 
material  thus  secured  from  Rome  was  based  upon  Vat.  1095.  There 
is  no  record  of  any  other  manuscript  of  Niceph.  Gregoras  in  Rome 
and  certainly  not  of  any  which  would  correspond,  like  it,  in  contents 
(Lib.  18-38  [37]),  in  making  Vol.  II  of  the  history  begin  with  Lib.  12, 
and  in  counting  38  books,  with  the  only  Vatican  manuscript  of  which 
Boivinus  furnishes  any  adequate  description,  when  he  says  (Migne,  loc. 
cit.,  col.  llf.):  Joannes  Mabillonius  ....  communicavit  mecum  in- 
dicem  accuratum  librorum  XXI,  in  uno  codice  Vaticano  exstantium; 
quorum  primus  esset  Sevrepov  ^l/SXiov  Adyos  ^,  id  est,  Secundae  Partis 
liber  Septimus,  seu   totius   historiae   decimus   octavus;    ultimus  vero 

note  in  his  source.  Cod.  Vat.  1095  (of.  Corp.  Scr.  Hist.  Byz.,  Nic.  Greg.,  Vol. 
Ill,  p.  125,  n.  16):  'Ek  ttjs  iyKVK\ov  ^ttio-toX^s,  and  a  different  hand  added:  adde 
[[    J]  Trpbs  iiria-Kdirovs  AiyvTrrov  kuI  Aipij7]s.     pag.  291,  edit.  Paris.    1698. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  59 

inscriberetur,  'Pw/Aai'K^s  IcrToptas  Xrf An  examination  of  Cod. 

Vaticanus  1095,  made  by  Mr.  Sprengling  at  Rome  in  1908,  shows  that 
the  Nicephorus  part  of  it  begins  with  Lib.  18,  reaching  Lib.  24,  c.  ii,  5 
on  f.  95a;  it  makes  Vol.  II  of  the  whole  history  begin  with  Lib.  12,  as 
the  heading  to  Lib.  25,  cited  above,  shows;  and  it  counted,  by  the  error 
above  shown,  38  books,  instead  of  37.  Just  what  stage  Boivinus'  work 
upon  this  material  reached  neither  he  nor  any  one  else  has  told.  After 
him,  however,  work  upon  it  seems  to  have  lain  dormant  for  over  a 
century.  His  work  was  reprinted  in  the  Corp.  Byzant.,  Venice,  1729 
(of.  Migne,  Patrol.,  S.G.  148,  col.  100,  note  [d]),  but  there  is  no  record 
of  any  attempt  to  add  to  it  at  that  time.  Schopen,  in  the  Bonn  Corpus 
Script.  Hist.  Byz.,  1839,  did  little  more  than  reprint  Boivinus'  edition 
in  two  volumes.  He  tells,  however,  of  a  certain  Hasius,  who  seems  to 
have  promised  to  take  up  the  work  where  Boivinus  left  it.  But  his 
efforts  led  to  nothing.  It  was  not  until  1855  that  Immanuel  Bekker 
issued  as  Vol.  Ill  of  Niceph.  Gregoras'  works  in  the  Bonn  Corpus,  that 
portion  of  the  history  contained  in  our  manuscript.  But  it  is  practically 
certain  he  did  not  make  use  of  our  manuscript.  True,  the  remainder 
of  24,  and  the  whole  of  Lib.  25  and  26,  and  indeed  (though  he  does  not 
say  so)  Lib.  27  in  his  edition  are  based  upon  a  copy  of  Cod.  Vaticanus 
1095,  which  is  the  som-ce  of  a  large  portion  of  our  manuscript.  But  the 
copy  he  used  was  expressly  made  for  him  (see  his  preface)  at  the  cost  of 
the  BerUn  Academy,  by  a  certain  Henricus  Brunnus,  and  the  rest  of  his 
work  is  based  upon  Codd.  Paris.  Reg.  1276  and  3075  (the  latter  a 
portion,  at  least,  of  Rostgaard's  work),  a  copy  of  which  he  secured 
through  Wladimir  Brunetus.  The  text  which  he  secured  by  these 
means  does  not  correspond  to  that  offered  by  the  present  manuscript. 
Indeed,  had  he  had  this  manuscript,  with  its  marginal  notes,  conjectural 
emendations,  etc.,  his  edition  could  not  have  failed  to  be  considerably 
better.  Since  that  time  his  work  has  been  once  reprinted,  Migne, 
Patrol.,  S.G.  148,  149. 

The  most  reasonable  hypothesis,  then,  in  regard  to  this  manuscript, 
is  that  it  was  prepared  either  by  or  for  Boivinus,  as  "copy"  for  his 
Vol.  III.  He  may  himself  have  had  it  (some  of  the  work  in  the  notes 
would  seem  to  indicate  as  much),  and  sent  it  to  Italy  for  correction  (as 
he  did  with  part  of  the  material  for  the  second  volume),  whence  it  was 
never  returned  to  him.  Or  the  whole  of  the  work  may  have  been  done 
in  Italy  and  may  never  have  reached  him. 

52.  (Gr.  8.)  NiCETAS  Serronius,  Commentaria  in  Orationes  Gregorii 

Nazianzeni. 

Paper,  black  edges,  ff.  399  and  5  fly-leaves  (two  in  front  and  three 
in  back),  cm.  32.7X22.4,  single  columns  of  29  Unes,  51  quires  of  8, 
except  nos.  1,  40,  45  (6) ;  48  (7) ;  50  (10) ;  and  51  (4).    No  ruhngs.     Some 


60  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

ornamentation  and  initials  in  red  or  red  and  black.  Calvary  Purchase 
no.  3.    Century  XIV-XV. 

Label:  S.  Gregor.  Nanz.  Opera. — Above,  written  directly  on  the 
pigskin  binding,  the  number  29,  and  underneath  this,  162.  Below,  on 
a  rectangular  paper  label:  XXXII.    Cf.  nos.  1,  5,  11,  51,  65. 

Contents:  1.  "YTro^ecret?,  brief  introductory  paragraphs  on  time,  place, 
occasion,  content,  etc.,  of  the  various  orations  treated,  ff.  la-56.  Incip., 
f.  la.'  {iTTO^ecis  Tov  \oyov  tov  eis  t^v  tov  ^ptcrroi;  dvdcrTacnv'.  okwv  eis  tepto- 
avvrjv  6  /i-eya?  ovtos  Trarrjp  d\6t\<i. — Explic,  f.  56/  Koi  ovSk  rrj'S  (TwrjOovi 
^eoXoytas  d^tifTTarac — .  F.  6  is  blank.  The  orations  numbered  5  and  6 
in  the  order  of  the  vwodeawi  are  put  in  reverse  order  in  the  iiryyrjaeK. 

2.  'E^7;y7/(r«s  or  Commentaries  by  Nicetas  of  Serrae  (sometimes  called 
"of  Heraclea")  on  16  orations  of  Gregory  of  Nazianzus,  £f.  7a-3996. 
Incip.,  f.  7a:  Tov  iv  dyt'ois  Trarpos  rffitJov  TprjyopLOv  dp^iCTrifrKOTrov  va^iav^ov 
TOV  6co\6yov  Xdyos  €i5  t^v  dyt'av  tov  ^(pio-Tov  dvd(TTa(nv:  'E^T/yr/o-is  tov  iv 
dyt'ots  TTttTpos  17/xwv  viKTjTa  aepCiv: — "Akwv  ^cipoTovry^cts  tepevs  6  ^cios 
Tp-qy6pto<;'  The  commentary  is  upon  the  oration  given  under  no.  I, 
Vetus  Ordo  XLI  in  Greg.  Naz.  works,  Ed.  Clemencet,  Paris,  1778. 
The  other  orations  commented  upon  are  then  treated  as  follows:  Ed. 
Clem.  XLV,  Vetus  Ordo  XLII,  beginning  on  f.  166;  Ed.  Clem.  XLIV, 
Vetus  Ordo  XLIII,  f.  846;  Ed.  Clem.  XLI,  Vetus  Ordo  XLIV,  f.  1016; 
Ed.  Clem.  XV,  Vetus  Ordo  XXII,  f.  132  a;  Ed.  Clem.  XXIV,  Vetus 
Ordo  XVIII,  f.  1496;  Ed.  Clem.  XDC,  Vetus  Ordo  IX,  f.  163a;  Ed. 
Clem.  XXXVIII,  Vetus  Ordo  XXXVIII,  f.  178a;  Ed.  Clem.  XLIII, 
Vetus  Ordo  XX,  f.  200  a;  Ed.  Clem.  XXXIX,  Vetus  Ordo  XXXIX, 
f.  247  a;  Ed.  Clem.  XL,  Vetus  Ordo  XL,  f.  267  a;  Ed.  Clem.  XI,  Vetus 
Ordo  VI,  f.  306a;  Ed.  Clem.  XXI,  Vetus  Ordo  XXI,  f.  312a;  Ed.  Clem. 
XLII,  Vetus  Ordo  XXXII,  f.  336a;  Ed.  Clem.  XIV,  Vetus  Ordo  XVI, 
f.  3606;  Ed.  Clem.  XVI,  Vetus  Ordo  XV,  f.  383a— Explic,  f.  3996; 
TO)  ^ew,  <S  tf  86$a  cts  Tovs  aiwvas  twv  ataivwv,  dfj^rjv.  Of  these  i^-qyrjdWi 
there  have  been  published:  in  Greek,  nos.  1  and  12  of  this  manuscript, 
by  Matthaei  (Moscow,  1780;  reprinted  in  Migne,  S.G.  36);  in  Latin, 
by  BiUius,  nos.  1-4,  8,  10-12  of  our  manuscript  (cf.  Migne,  S.G.  36  and 
127). — On  other  manuscripts  of  the  c^r/yT^o-ets  see  the  prefaces  in  Migne, 
in  Greg.  Naz.  0pp.  Omn.,  Ed.  Clem.,  and  Omont,  Facsim  .  .  des  .  . 
manuscrits  grecs  .  .  du  IX"  au  XIV*  siecle,  notice  des  Planches,  p.  11; 
Planche  52,  and  Appendice  p.  20,  no.  1314. 

The  condition  of  the  manuscript  shows  that  it  was  at  one  time  with- 
out cover  or  binding.     A  penciled  pricemark  in  lire  on  the  last  fly-leaf. 

53.  (Gr.  9.)  Nicetas  Serronius,  Nonnus,  Commentaria  in  Orationes 
Gregorii  Nazianzeni. 

Paper,  ff.  43  and  a  fly-leaf  in  front  and  back,  cm.  27.4X21.2 — 
31X21.8,  single  columns,  27-44  Unes,  no  ruling.    The  quires  are  very 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  61 

irregular;  nos.  1,  2  and  6  of  4;  3  (11);  4  (6);  5  and  8  (3);  7  (8).  A  few 
initials  in  red,  ff.  10,  etc.    Berlin  Purchase  no.  2.     Century  XV. 

Label:  Gregorii  Nazianzeni  Sermo  de  Resurrectione  Christi:  et 
Fragmenta  de  Historia  SS.  Apostolorura.  Below  are  the  remains  of  a 
paper  label. — On  the  front  cover:  (2),  corresponding  to  (1)  on  the  cover 
of  no.  45. 

Title:  On  recto  of  front  fly-leaf:  D.  Gregorii  Nazianzeni  Sermo  in 
Resurrectione  Cristi  Greg:  Florellius  Item  In  istoriam  SS.  Apostolorum 
Fragmenta. — Florellius  is  the  scribe  of  no.  45. 

Contents:  1.  Fragments  of  the  Commentaries  of  Nicetas  of  Serrae 
on  the  Homihes  of  Gregory  of  Nazianzus,  ff.  la-19a.  A.  On  the 
Oration,  in  Ed.  Clemencet  of  Gregory's  works,  no.  I,  Vetus  Ordo  XLI; 
Incip.ji.  1  a:  Tov  iv  dytbts  Trarpos  rffiCiv  Vp-qyoptov  apxiiiriaKOTrov  va^uiv^ov 
Tov  deoXoyov  Adyos  tis  t^v  dytav  rov  y^pLcrrov  avaarainv'. —  Vj^rjyqaL^  tov 
iv  ayLOL^  Trarpos  -^fxwv  VLicrJTa  (xepwv: — ^Akojv  jj^cipoTOVTj^ets  Upcus  6  6eLO<i 
Fpiydpios. — ExpllC,  f.  86;  CTriSiop^ovyxevo?  o  cittcv,  ov  p.tya\o\l/v)^uiv,  aXXa 
fiaWov  <l>iXo-. — A  slavish  copy  of  an  exemplar  containing  all  the  extant 
iir,yri(T€i<:  of  Nicetas,  f.  7a-f.  14  a,  1.  14  (cf.  Migne,  S.G.  36,  coU.  944- 
961) . — F.  9  is  left  blank.    There  was  evidently  a  gap  here,  in  the  exemplar. 

B.  On  the  Homily,  Ed.  Clem.  XXI,  Vetus  Ordo  XXI,  Xdyov  eis 
TOV  fiiyav  aOavaaiov.  Incip.,  f.  10  a;  p.6vov  €)(U  SuiSoxQ'*  '^"^  aXr]6eui<;. — 
ExpllC,  f.  196;  iroAActKts  yap  awTow. — Copied  from  f.  317a,  1.  1,  to  the 
end  of  f.  327  a  of  the  exemplar. 

2.  Commentaries,  or  schoha,  of  the  Abbot  Nonus  or  Nonnus  on 
various  Orations  of  Gregory  of  Nazianzus,  ff.  20a-43a. 

A.  Incip. ,  f.  20a;  Tov  djS^a  vovov.  Swaywy^  kol  i$i^yr](TL';,  aiv  ipv^arOrj 
'i(TTOpLWV  o  iv  dytois  FpT^ydptos  ev  Tw  eis  to.  <f><JiiTa  Xdyw,  ov  rf  dp^i^,  ttoAiv 
l{r)<Tov)i  6  t/Aos  •  *  •  Trpwrr;  eo-Tt  IcTTopia  rj  twv  yovewv  tov  Aids  :  ov  Aids 
ravTa  yovat,  /cat  KkoTral:  A  tov  Sta  ol  8rj6ev  dtoXoyoi  Toiv  kWrjviov  iK 
Kpovov  XiyovcTL  yewr}6rjvaL. — Explic,  f.  236;  i$  aXoyov  TLp.rj<i  dri/«as  eaurois 
TToptCoVevot : :  (Migne,  S.G.  36,  coU.  1065-1072). 

B.  Incip.,  f.  236;  Swaywy^,  /cal  iirjyr)crL<i  u)v  ip-VT^a-Q-q  'iuTopLSiv  6  iv 
dytdts  Fptydptos  iv  tw  ets  (SaaiXeiov  rdv  p.eyav  i7nTa<f}iw.  irptnTrj  €0"Ti 
'iaTopia.  rj  -rrtpi  Twv  TreAoTrc'SaJV,  koX  KeKpoTriSwv,  Kal  tSv  avv  avTot<;  ovopaTotv 

:  :  :  a  01  twv  I^w  pr^Tope's  T£  kol  tro^tCTTat. — Explic,  f.  27  a;  koX  Oiaaai. 
Tr]v  Kaivrjv  irdAiv,  Kat  to,  t^s- :  -(Migne,  loc.  cil.,  coll.  1057-1066).  Another 
hand  has  added  to  this  portion  scholia,  in  Greek  and  Latin,  consisting 
chiefly  in  quotations  of  and  references  to  non-Christian  writers.  F.  276 
is  blank. 

C.  Incip.,  f.  28a;  Swaywy^  kol  i$rjyr]a-L^  aiv  ip.vy]a-6r)  lO-Toptwv  o  ev 
dytdts  yp-qyopios   iv  tw  d   /card   tovXtavdv   aTrjXiTevTLKw  Aoyo)      O  Aoyos  o 

CTTTjAtTevrtKos  i/'dyos  ecrrt  twv  tw  tovAtavoJ  ireTrpayp-evoiv: ExpllC,  I.  38a; 

X^t^ds  €/3r?  KttTd  Satra,  ^eot  8'  d/ui  Trdvrcs  cttovto:-  (Migne,  loc.  cit.,  coll. 
985-1036). 


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D.  Incip.,  f.  380;  'OfiLw<;  crvvaytji)yr],  Koi  iirjyr](Tt<i  o}v  ifx-vijadrj  loropioiv 
6  iv  dytots  Vp-qyopio'i  Koi  iv  tw  /8  Kara  IovXimvov  aTr)XiTevTLK<2  Aoyw :  •  | 
TrpwTT}  Sk  IcTTopLa  ecTTt  -q  Trepl  tov  ApiaSvijs  (TT€<f>dvov  Koi  ^epoviKrj'S 
TrXoKOLfjLOv,  Kal  irepl  tov  kvkvov,  Kai  tov  Tavpov,  Kat  tov  XeovTO^,  koI  tov 
6<t>LOV)(ov,  eicrt  8e  avrat  :•  H  AptaSvTj  BvyaTrjp  v-nijp^^ev  Mr^vwos  tov  KprjTtav 
/3acn\€<i)<;. — ExpllC,  f.  43a;  Kat  IcTTt  <f>r](nv  iv  tco  ovpavw  /x£Ta  aKopirlov'.- 
AoyoA.eo-^tai,  Kai  X-qpT^puTa  e/XTrpaKTa,  aTraT-qXal  Saifxovoiv.  TeXos.  (Migne, 
loc.  cit.,  coll.  1035-1058).  The  Nonnus  material  is  in  a  different  hand, 
much  freer  and  somewhat  earlier  than  the  Nicetas. — A  pricemark  in 
lire  is  on  the  rear  guard. 

54.  (Gr.  10.)  Proclus,  Elementa  Theologica. 

Paper,  ff.  52,  cm.  32.5X22.9.  Single  columns,  28  (27)  lines,  7  quires, 
of  8  leaves,  except  7th  (4),  Ff.  1  and  52  were  originally  left  blank. 
Berlin  Purchase  no.  1.     1582. 

Label:  Procli  Elementa  Theologica.  Below,  part  of  such  a  paper 
label  as  appears  on  nos.  2,  6,  12,  14,  17,  18,  39,  47,  63,  65.  The  same 
title  appears  on  f.  la  (the  fly-leaf),  and,  in  a  different  hand  and  with 
the  addition  of  graec,  on  f.  16. 

Contents:  IIpoKXou  AuiB6)^ov,  TrXaTwvLKOv  <I>lXo(t6<{>ov  •  o-TOt;(£ta>o-is 
OtoXoyLKT),  Ke<f)dXaLa  Bmkoctui  cvStKa,  f .  2a. — Incip.:  a  Hav  7rXrj6o<i  fi€Te^€L 
TTT]  TOV  €v6i. — Explic:  KaKclva  TcActtt  TTOictv,  TTttca  aptt  t/'v^^r^,  KctTCiaiv: 
Of  211  chapters,  two  (96,  202)  were  omitted  by  the  first  hand  and  later 
supplied,  perhaps  by  the  same  hand,  in  the  margin.  Chs.  25  and  26 
are  wrongly  numbered  24  and  25.  The  lacuna  usual  in  Proclus  manu- 
scripts is  indicated  near  the  top  of  f.  51a,  in  ch.  209.  There  are 
occasional  marginal  notes  in  Greek.  The  chapter  numbers  usually 
stand  in  the  outer  margin.  In  text  the  manuscript  shows  some  affinity 
with  Codex  A  (Argentinus)  of  Friedrich  Kreuzer's  edition  (Frankfurt, 
1822). 

At  the  end  of  the  text,  f.  516,  stand  the  following  colophons: 

TeXo<s,  Koi  Tw  ^ew  86$a : 

Xpio-Tc  StSov  TTOveovTL  T€r]v  TToXvoX^ov  dpwyT/v : 

ydvv  o"v^£v^as,  VTroKXtvas  8e  Kapav, 
^cipa'i  CKTCtms,  tis  tois  Oeias  TCTpdSas, 
TepfUL  t68c  eiXr)<}>€v  rj  cf)LXo(r6(f>(DV  jSifiXo^. 

TOV  SaKTvXoLS  ypdt/'avTa,  tov  K€KTr]p.ivov, 
TOV  dvaytvwo-KOVTa  ck  deiov  <f>6fiov. 
(Twcrov  Kal  tovs  Tpeis  w  Tptds  TravoXfiia. 

'Ev  HapOevoTTr)  Trj  d^"-  pupTiov  p.r)v6<i 

17/Aepa  Sc  trifJLTrTYj  a<^7r/3"  tTci  t^s  ^eoyovtas  (red). 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  63 

X(risti)  corp(ore)  primo  mensis  martii  die  vero  iove  1582 

anno  a  nativitate  d(omin)i. 

A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G. 

omnes  sunt  quaterniones  praeter  G  duernio 
Creuzer   in   his  edition   (Proclus,   In   Platonis  Alcibiadem,   Com- 
mentarii,  vol.  3,  pp.  xii,  xiii) ,  mentions  many  manscripts  of  the  Elementa 
(or  Institutio)  Theologica,  but  not  this  one. 

55.  (Gr.  11.)  Procopius,   Epitome    Eclogarum  in   Heptateuchum   et 
Canticum  Canticorum. 

Paper,  ff.  462,  pp.  924,  cm.  41 .5X28,  2  columns,  43-46  lines,  in  116 
quires  of  4,  except  the  39th  (3),  58th  (2),  and  98th  (5).  There  are  also 
3  prefatory  quires,  of  2,  5,  and  4  leaves,  and  a  concluding  quire  of  5 
leaves,  left  blank.  Ff.  ia-viia,  ixa-xi6,  and  pp.  923,  924  are  blank. 
After  the  prefatory  quires,  the  pages  are  nimibered,  1-722.  Columns 
ruled  in  ink  on  both  sides.  After  the  preface  the  Greek  occupies  the 
inner  column,  the  Latin  translation  the  outer,  until  it  ceases  at  the  end 
of  Judges,  p.  782.  Thereafter  the  outer  column  is  left  blank.  University 
of  Chicago  accession  18981.     Hengstenberg  ?     1696-97. 

Label:  Procopius  In  Heptateuch:  et  Canticum. — Below,  on  a  paper 
label,  83.  The  binding  is  pigskin,  and  is  not  the  original  one,  since  the 
edges  have  been  trimmed  since  the  marginal  notes  were  written. 

Contents:  Procopius,  Epitome  Eclogarum  in  Heptateuchum  et 
Canticum. 

1.  XoptKtov  (TO<piaTOV  'Ettitoic^ios  €7rt  IIpoKOTrtwt  (TO(jn(TTrj  Fa^r^s,  f.  viiia. 
Incip.:    'O  \6yo<i"{mg.:    Icr.  apx^Tai)  evx^TO-i  fJ^iv  cis  dvdyKrjv  Toiavrr/S 

iXOiov  VTrodi<J€u><i.     Ti/xa  Se  t^v  bauiv  tov  TtdvewTOS  i/xol  naLSevTov*  (mg. : 
supple  ixvT^fxr)v)  TavTtjV  avTw  Kara  Svvafuv  aTroSiSw  dfjLoi^rjv, 

*I(r<i)S  /xev  aXoyov  tl  So^w  iroteiv. — Explic:  on  t^v  iKKk-rjatav  Tr]v 
aTTLKrjv  avTov  /xkv  airovTOS  avy)(y(rL<i  €?;^e  /cat  paOvfxia  kol  rapa^^  kul  KoafjLO^ 
■^v  orSeis  Twv  iroiovfj.iviav,  f.  \'iii6. 

2.  'Ap)(rj  crvv  6ew  ti}s  £ts  tyjv  Tevecrtv  twv  cxXoyoiv  iiTLTOix^i  UpOKOTnov 
Xpto-Tuxvov  (TO<f>LaTov. — Iticip.:  "HSr/  fxev  Koi  irporepov  6eov  to  Svvaadai 
Xopr/yiyo-avTos.  Latin:  Bono  cum  Deo  Initium  Epitomes  Eclogarum 
in  Genesim  Procopii  Sophistae  Christiani.  lam  antea  quidem.  p.  1. — 
Explic:  Latin:  qui  scihcet  hac  ratione  IsraeUtarum  peccata  volebat 
puniri.  p.  782,  col.  1.  Greek:  raTs  twv  Blwkovtwv  6\ptaiv  SXrprTOL  ytvovrai, 
Tcov  dpwjuaTwv  St^Aovvtwv  to  evcoSes  twv  ovpaviwv  Kal  KaOapov.  p.  922. 
Choricius  the  "Sophist"  was  a  pupil  of  Procopius  of  Gaza  (a.d.  518- 
565).  A  note  at  the  foot  of  col.  2,  p.  782,  gives  the  date  of  the  manu- 
script: Coeptum  hoc  opus  fuit  d.  xi  Martii  MDCXCVI.  Ad  finem 
feliciter  perductum  d.  xvi.  lunii  MDCXCVII. — The  Latin  translation 
does  not  go  beyond  this  point;  that  is,  it  covers  Genesis-Judges,  but 
not  the  Song  of  Songs.    A  Greek  "schoUmn  ad  p.  659"  (14  lines)  is 


64         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

inclosed  on  a  loose  leaf.  On  fly-leaf  vii6,  in  the  upper  right  hand 
comer,  a  later  hand  has  written:  cf.  de  hoc  manuscripto  (ex  bibl.  God. 
Olearii)  Rosenmiilleri  histor.  interpretationis.  part.  IV.  pagg.  222,  234 
sqq.,  245  sqq.-262.    The  watermark  is  a  leaping  unicorn. 

56.  (Gr.  12.)  loHANNES  Tzetzes,  Epistolae. 

Paper,  ff.  137,  cm.  20.1X16,  in  12  quires  of  12,  except  the  12th  (5). 
2  fly-leaves  in  front  and  back.  Single  columns,  20-22  Unes,  no  rulings. 
There  is  a  page  numbering:  3,  24,  25,  48,  49,  72,  73,  96,  97,  120,  121, 
144,  145,  168,  169,  190,  191,  192, 193, 198,  216, 217,  240,  241,  264,  265, 
267  in  ink  by  the  original  writer;  for  the  rest  another  hand  has  supplied 
the  numbering  of  the  alternate  odd  pages  5-271,  on  the  recto,  in  pencil. 
September,  1812. 

Label:  J.  Tzetzae  Epistolae. 

Title:  f.  la;  Lettres  de  Jean  tzetzes,  copi^es  par.  Gr.  G.  Zalycos 
d'apr^s  le  Manuscrit  no.  2644.  de  la  bibliotheque  imp6riale  de  Paris, 
ce  Septembre  1812. 

Contents:  107  Letters  of  Johannes  Tzetzes.  Incip.,  f.  2a:  'Ettio-- 
ToXat  'loidvvov  T^cT^ov.  CTrtoroA.^  Trpwrr/.  TuJ  [[eAj]  cuXa/SeoraTU) 
SuLKOvw  Kvptia  ETTK^avto),  Tw  dvci/'io)  Tov  SiStjs.  Uvvddvofjxii  d)S  Trapa.  (Toi 
Ttves  cTTK^vXAiSes. — Explic.  (letter  no.  107),  f.  271a;  kol  irpos  Oebv 
iAao-T77ptos  €VTcviL<: :+  The  last  leaf  of  quire  12  is  blank.  In  the  margin: 
from  the  same  hand,  variant  readings  of  MS.  2750;  pp.  190  (last  Une) 
— 198  (1.  8)  are  shown  by  a  marginal  note  to  be  from  2750,  because  at 
this  point  a  leaf  is  missing  from  2644;  on  pp.  218,  223, 227,  247  variants 
from  2750  are  supplied  on  slips  of  paper  pasted  in  the  margin.  There 
are,  besides  a  number  of  marginal  notes,  conjectural  emendations, 
markings  of  quotations,  etc.,  in  a  different  hand. — On  the  inside  of 

CJ 

the  front  cover  is  written:  (1)  in  pencil,  25^5  (2)  in  ink  [[H.  G. 
Hamaker]].  Underneath  is  pasted  a  slip  cut  from  some  bookseller's 
catalogue:  Tzetzes,  Joh.,  Epistolae,  Manuscrit  en  grec,  de  270  pages. 
d.  V.  4to.  Copie  de  la  main  de  G.  G.  Zalycos  d'apres  le  manuscrit 
no.  2644  de  la  Bibliotheque  nationale  a  Paris,  faite  en  1812.  Ajout6 
xux  6crit  autographe  de  /.  Geel  sur  ces  lettres  et  une  lettre  de  D.  J.  v. 
Lennep  k  ce  sujet.  (For  these  see  nos.  82  and  87.)  lohannes  Tzetzes 
is  well  known  as  a  voluminous  Byzantine  writer  of  the  twelfth  century 
(flor.  1180). 


ITALIAN 


ITALIAN 

57.  (It.  1.)  Boccaccio,  II  Filocolo. 

Paper,  ff.  160,  in  16  quires  of  10,  cm.  29X21.5,  2  columns,  39-45 
lines.  Occasional  column  rulings  on  both  sides.  Quire  signatures  at 
lower  right-hand  comer  of  last  versos.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  33.     1456. 

Label:  Bocca(ccio)  II  Filoco(lo).  Cod.  Ann.  1456.  —  Binding, 
half  leather,  flowered  pasteboard  sides. 

Contents:  Boccaccio,  II  Filocolo.  Five  books.  Incip.,  f.  la; 
[MJancate  gia  en  tanto  le  forze  del  valoroso  popolo. — Explic,  f.  1596; 
felicemente  consumo  li  giurni  della  sua  vita,  deo  gratias  am(en) 
am  (en)  am  (en).  The  concluding  chapter  is  a  sort  of  envoi;  ff.  1596- 
160a.  Incip.:  o  piccolo  mio  libretto  ad  me  piu  anni. — Explic:  La 
cui  vita  nelle  mani  della  tua  donna  amore  conservi : 

Below  in  the  same  hand  this  colophon :  Finissia  el  quinto  e  1'  ultimo 
libro  del  Filocolo  deo  gratias.  amen.  Iste  liber  scriptus  est  manu  mei 
Angeli  Blasii  de  gualdo  in  eadem  terra  gualdi  sub  anno  domini  millesimo 
iiiiclvi.  Indictione  quarta.  tempore  sanctissimi  in  christo  patris  et 
domini.  domini  calisti  divina  providentia  pape  tertii  die  vero  decima 
octava  mensis  aprilis  Amen  (f.  160a). 

Callistus  III  was  pope  1455-58.  Gualdo  in  Umbria  is  probably 
meant,  though  a  monastery  of  S.  Maria  de  Gualdo  in  the  diocese  of 
Beneventum  may  be  intended.  A  catalogue  clipping  prefixed  to  no.  26 
describes  this  Angelo  as  a  Spaniard  in  the  Convent  of  S.  Croce,  partly 
through  a  misunderstanding  of  this  colophon.  There  are  occasional 
notes  in  another  hand.  Spaces  have  been  left  for  large  initials,  but 
these  have  not  been  supplied.    The  manuscript  is  well  written. 

58.  (It.  2.)  Costumi  e  Morte  di  Papa  Alessandro  VI  Contrario  Al  P.  F: 

Girolamo  Savonarola  da  Ferrara  del  ordine  de  Predicatori. 

Paper,  ff.  12,  cm.  19X13.3,  single  columns,  of  15  lines,  1  quire. 
The  leaves  are  paged  1-21  (ff.  2a-12a).  Appended  in  binding  to  Razzi, 
Vita  di  F.  Girolamo  Savonarola  (no.  62).     Century  XVII? 

Contents:  Costumi  e  Morte  di  Papa  Alessandro  6°  [[de'  Medici]] 
contrario  Al  P:  Fra  Girolamo  Savonarola  da  Ferrara  del  ordine  de 
Predicatori,  etc.,  f.  la.  Incip.:  Costumi  e  Morte  di  Papa  Alessandro 
6°  [[de  Medici]]  Contrario  Al  P.  F:  Girolamo  Savonarola  da  Ferrara  del 
ordine  de  Predicatori.  Certamente  che  a  prima  vista  non  pu6  recare 
f.  2a  (  =  p.  1). — Explic:  rendendo  grazie  a  Dio  nel  nome  di  Padre  di 
figliolo  e  Spirito  Sancto  Amen  (f.  12a,  p.  21). 

67 


68  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

De  Medici,  following  the  name  of  Alessandro  6°,  has  been  erased 
again  on  f.  lOo  (  =  p.  19)  1.  9. 

59.  (It.  3.)  Gregorio,  Morali. 

Paper,  ff.  217,  cm.  29.1X22,  double  columns,  34-45  lines,  24  quires 
of  10,  except  the  1st  (prefatory)  (4),  4th  (8),  12th  (2),  and  24th  (3). 
Most  of  f .  125  has  been  torn  out.  The  quires,  except  the  prefatory  one, 
have  been  lettered  with  the  Latin  alphabet,  b,  o,  v,  and  z  being  omitted. 
Column  rulings  at  the  top  and  sides.  Initial  capitals  and  titles  in  red, 
A  pair  of  parchment  fly-leaves  (from  another,  perhaps  a  former,  binding  ? 
cf.  last  parchment  fly-leaf)  and  a  pair  of  paper  ones  at  each  end.  The 
prefatory  quire  shows  a  later  hand  than  the  body  of  the  manuscript. 
Berlin  Purchase  no.  21.     Century  XV. 

Label:  Mo]rali  di  S.  Greg.  [Papa.  These  words  are  also  written  in 
print-capitals  on  the  second  paper  fly-leaf,  recto. 

Contents:  S.  Gregorio  Papa,  Morali,  ten  books.  Ff.  la-3a.  Notes 
(Notae)  on  various  chapters.  Incip.:  Supra  notantur  capituli  istius 
operis.  Prologo.  Nota  virtus  obediencie  (f.  la). — Explic:  In  capitulo 
xxvi  Nota  de  condicoribus  saevicie  mundane  et  de  simpUcitate  iustorum 
(f.  3a).  Ff.  5a-237a,  The  Morali.  Incip.:  Al  Reverendissimo  et  san- 
tissimo  fratre  suo  leandro  compagno  suo  vescovo  Gregorio  servo  di  servi 
de  dio,  f.  5a. — Explic:  per  questa  divisione  egli  prende  in  se  medesmo 
spacio  di  potere  un  poco  ryperare. — A  list  of  chapters  precedes  each 
book  except  the  first. 

A  hint  of  the  history  of  the  manuscript  is  given  at  the  top  of 
f.  5a.*  Quisto  libro  ey  del  s(eno)re  cola  marino  capece  napolitano.  The 
parchment  fly-leaves  exhibit  various  early  notes  in  Latin  and  Italian, 
ff.  16,  2a,  4a.  Pmt.  f.  16,  the  Pater  Noster,  in  3  lines,  without  the 
gloria,  and  with  the  double  amen.  Below  it,  in  the  same  minute  hand, 
Ave  maria  gratia  plena  dominus  tecum  benedicta  tu  in  mulieribus,  etc. 
Below,  in  a  coarse  hand,  a  note  of  six  lines  on  financial  matters,  begin- 
ning: Adi  xvii  martii  xme  Ind(ictionis)  M°CCCC°LXXXIII  Jo  andrea 
philippo  di  loffreda  aio  libre  ad  catarina  di  loffreda  mia  sor(ella),etc. 
On  pmt.  f .  2a,  A  lo  capitulo  iiij  di  lo  x  libro  de  lo  .  .  .  moralia.  Below, 
in  a  later  hand,  MS  joane  HIS. — Pmt.  f .  4a,  Nota  Virtus  Hobediencie 
Nota.     Nota  de  vicia  R^°  R^° 

60.  (It.  4.)     Papal  Documents  Relating  to  Missions  in  China,  1706- 

1709. 

Paper,  ff.  206,  cm.  27X20,  single  columns,  ff.  l-162a,  24-26  lines, 
ff.  167-204,  32-43  lines,  19  quires,  of  6,  except  nos.  4,  19  (5),  15  (2), 
16  (3),  and  18  (4).  A  second  hand  begins  with  f.  167a,  and  completes 
the  texii.  Ff.  24,  866-946,  1626-1666,  196,  205,  206  are  blank.  Berhn 
Purchase  no.  47.     1706-1709. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  69 

Label:  practically  obliterated. — Fragment  of  a  rectangular  number- 
label  at  the  bottom  of  the  back. 

Contents:  Papal  docimients  relating  to  missions  in  China. 

1.  Cenno  delle  Controversie  della  Cina  per  commissione  del  Sig(no)re 
Cardinale  Panfili,  ff.  la-4a.  Incip.:  Li  Cinesi  sono  i  piu  cerimoniosi 
uomini  del  mondo. — Explic:  le  quali  sole  da  PP.  della  Compagnia 
di  Giesu  si  lasciavano  praticare  a  Cristiani. 

2.  Alcime  riflessioni  intorno  alle  cose  presenti  della  Cina,  ff.  46-236. 

3.  Copia  di  una  Lettera  in  risposta  ad  un  gran  Prelato,  ff.  25a-28a. 

4.  Osservationi  sopra  la  Risposta  del  Procu(rato)re  del  Sig(no)re 
Cardinale  di  Tournon  ai  cinque  Memoriali  del  P.  Provana  Presentate 
alia  Santita  di  Nostro  Sig(no)re  Clemente  XI,  ff.  286-656. 

5.  Memoriale  dato  dall'  Inviato  del  Re  di  Portogallo  alia  S(anti)ta 
di  N.  S.  Clemente  XI,  ff.  66a-72a. 

6.  Osservatione  intorno  all'  esposizione  de  Riti  Cinesi  fatta  alia 
sagra  Congrega(tio)ne,  ff.  726-86a. 

7.  Decretum  Patriarchae  Antiocheni,  ff.  95a-97a.  Incip.:  Carolus 
Thomas  Maillard  de  Turnon  Dei  et  Apostolicae  Sedis  Gratia  Patriarca 
Antiochenus. — Explic:  Carolus  Thomas  Patriarca  Antiochenus  Visita- 
tor  Apostolicus.  Publicatum  Nankini  die  7.  Februarii  1707.  Andrea 
Candela  Domini  Visitatoris  Apostolici  Cancellarius,  et  Missionarius 
Apostolicus. 

8.  Actus  Appellationis  Ill(ustrissi)mi  et  Rev(erendissi)mi  Domini 
Fratris  Alvari  Venavente  Episcopi  Ascalonensis,  Vicarii  Appostolici 
in  Regno  Sinarum,  die  13  Aprilis  1707,  a  Decreto,  et  Executione  Decreti, 
de  quo  infra  ad  sanctam  Apostolicam  sedem,  ff.  976-105a. 

9.  De  Praesenti  Statu  Missionis  Sinensis,  ff.  105a-149a. 

10.  Sanctiss(i)mo  D.  D.  N.  Clementi  Papae  Undecimo,  ff.  1496- 
162a.  Incip.:  Patres  soc.  lesu  Evangelii  Praecones  apud  Sinas  ad 
pedum  oscula  humill[[iss]]ime  provoluti. —  Explic:  Finis.  Questo 
Memoriale,  6  Lettera  e  stato  presanto  ( =  presentato)  al  Papa  nel  mese 
di  Maggio  1709. 

11.  Incip.:  Admodum  Rev.°  in  Chr(ist)o  Pater,  ff.  167a-2046. 
In  seven  paragraphs  Par.  7,  ff.  197a-2046,  is  entitled  Querelae  Illm 
Dn.  Patriarchae  contra  Patres  Pekinenses.  Incip.:  Admodum  Rev.: 
'Psii':— Explic:    Pekini  4  9^"^  1706.     Antonius  Thomas— 

A  price  mark  in  lire  is  penciled  on  the  verso  of  the  last  fly-leaf. 

61.  (It.  5.)    Ore. 

Paper,  ff.  138,  cm.  13.3X9.4,  single  columns,  usually  of  18  lines, 
13  quires,  of  16,  except  4th,  7th,  and  9th  (4),  13th  (5),  8th  (7),  10th  (8), 
6th  (12),  and  12th  (14).  Rulings  on  both  sides.  F.  826  is  blank.  The 
upper  half  of  f .  138  has  been  torn  away.    Berhn  Purchase  no.  42.    1439. 

Label :  wanting.    The  manuscript  has  a  parchment  cover,  much  worn . 


70         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

Contents:  Prayers,  hymns,  and  sermons,  Italian  and  Latin.  The 
contents  are  not  numbered  in  the  manuscript. 

1.  Incip.:  Gaude  flore  virginale  que  honore  speciali  transcendis 
splendiferum,  f.  la. — Explic:  Ubi  fructus  ventris  tui  per  te  nobis 
[est]o  frui  in  perenni  gaudio.     Amen. 

2.  Benedictiones  mense  ad  prandium  domini,  etc.,  fif.  16,  2a.  Ad 
introducendum  mulieres  in  ecclesia,  psalmus,  etc.,  ff.  2a,  6. 

3.  Sermo  pro  pace,  ff.  3a-136.  After  the  text  in  Latin,  Ps.  33. 
Incip.:  Charissimi  signori.  El  preposito  de  lo  mio  parlare  e  recitado. — 
Explic:  a  la  quala  gloria  dio  ne  conducha  in  secula  seculorum  Amen. 

4.  De  eljonosina  sermo,  ff.  136-146.  Incip.,  after  the  text,  Gal.  6:7: 
In.li  quale  parole  si  ne  amaistra. 

5.  Bernardus  De  Misericordia  hominis,  De  Elemosyna,  ff.  146,  15a. 

6.  Praedicatio  de  mortuis,  ff.  16a-17a. 

7.  Miraculum,  f.  16a.  (The  dying  usurer's  mifaithful  executors 
punished.) 

8.  Sermo  de  gratiarum  actio(ne)  generalis,  ff.  17a-6. 

9.  De  elymosina  subtracta  tempore  caristie  cuius  occasione  sanguis 
de  pane  exivit,  ff.  176-186. 

10.  In  consecratione  ecclesie,  ff.  186-25a. 

11.  Sermo  generalis  i(n)  xl«,  ff.  25a-296. 

12.  In  adventu  domini,  Sermo  de  evangelio,  ff.  30a-32a  (Italian). 

13.  De  illo  qui  scripsit  peccata  sua,  ff.  32a. 

14.  De  dyabolo  volente  prohibere  quendam  ne  confiteretur,  ff.  32a,  6. 

15.  De  cruce  quod  fecit  reverentiam  cuidam  diviti,  ff.  326-33o. 

16.  In  vitis  fratrum  praedicatorum,  ff.  33a-34a. 

17.  Ad  ostendendum  capud  de  mortuo  in  sermone,  ff.  34a-36a. 
Incip.:  Mirate  pecadori  la  dura  sorte,  1  aspera  e  crudile  sentencia,  la 
quale  ne  manda  questa  obscura  morte. 

18.  In  die  mortuorum  sermo,  ff.  36a-43a. 

19.  In  quadragessima  sermo  generalis,  ff.  43a-496. 

20.  Sermo  ad  matrimonium,  ff.  496-506. 

21.  Sermo  in  sponsalibus  et  colatio,  ff.  506-516. 

22.  Iste  simt  laude  beate  Marie  virginis,  ff.  516-52a.  Incip.:  Ave 
del  cielo  soprana  inperatrice.     16  lines  of  verse. 

23.  Alia  laus,  ff.  52a-536.  Incip.:  Ave  del  ciel  Regina  et  de  la 
terra.     60  lines  of  verse. 

24.  Ista  sunt  proverbia  vulgaria  quorum  medium  tenendum  est, 
ff.  54a-56a.  Incip.:  Ogna  tropo  sta  per  nos,  pocho  focho  mal  se  cose. 
78  Unes  of  verse. 

25.  Various  psalms  and  prayers,  ff.  566-78a;  Dilexi,  Ad  dominum, 
Levavi,  De  profundis,  etc. 

26.  Notum  quando  aliquis  iacet  in  peccatis  scienter  et  dicit  domini- 
cam  orationem  sua  oratio  minime  exauditur,  ff.  786-79a. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  71 

27.  De  petitionibus  orationis  dominie (a)e,  ff.  79o-80a. 

28.  Septem  dona  spiritus  sancti,  contra  vii  peccata  mortalia,  f.  806. 

29.  Sermo  generalis  de  penitentia,  if.  81a-82a. 

30.  Latin  maxims  in  couplets,  f .  82o. 

31.  Rules  and  prayers  for  the  securing  of  visions,  ff.  826-83a. 

32.  Requiem,  f .  84o.  The  notes  are  mostly  of  the  square  character. 
The  text  runs:  Requiem  etemam  dona  eis  (bis),  domine  et  lux  perpetua. 

33.  Calendar,  ff.  85a-90&. 

34.  De  Elymosina  sermo  (Italian),  ff.  91a,  b. 

35.  Various  remedies,  ff.  92a-95a. 

36.  Edifying  couplets,  alphabetically  arranged,  f.  95&. 

37.  Incipit  oflficium  beate  marie  virginis,  ff.  96a-1036.  The  chants 
are  provided  with  music  with  square  notes. 

38.  Istoria  sancti  Allexi,  ff.  104a-120a.  In  rhjmae.  Incip.:  0  re 
de  gloria  altissimo  signore  padre  celestiale  e  dolze  salvatore. 

39.  Absolutio  generalis,  f.  1206. 

40.  Directions  for  finding  the  golden  number,  and  for  fixing  Easter, 
with  calendars,  etc.,  ff.  121a-134a.  Incip.:  Hie  retro  in  eodem  folio 
tu  reperies  quod  sit  aureus:  numerus  omni  anno  incipias  ad  crucem 
ad  numermn  ubi  simt  xv.  et  numera  unum  duo  tria  et  sic  consequenter, 
et  ubi  reperies  numerum  millessimi  a  christi  nativitate  talis  est  aureus 
numerus  illius  anni  aut  luna  nova,  etc.  With  the  first  geometrical 
drawing  is  an  inscription  beginning,  lesus  M  CCCC  XXXIX.  hec  est 
tabula  pascae  resurrectionis  domini. 

41.  Contra  febres,  vermes,  etc.,  ff.  1346-1386  (Latin  and  Italian). 
An  acrostic  with  various  scrawls  occupies  the  last  part  of  the  last  page. 
Short  paragraphs  of  Latin  occupy  the  inside  of  both  covers.  Inside 
the  first,  a  recipe  like  those  at  the  end  of  the  book;  9  fines  beginning: 
Ut  catene  vincule.  Inside  the  rear  cover,  another  recipe,  in  13  short 
lines,  beginning:  domine  dominus  noster,  quam  admirabile  est  nomen. 
On  the  same  cover  is  penciled  a  price  mark  in  lire.  On  f.  846,  a  hand 
later  than  the  first  has  written  a  few  words.  At  the  foot  of  f.  120a; 
quatro  sancti  et  sancte  sono  de  una  casa  e  per  saneto  alexio  sono  tuti 
salvi  deo  gratias: — yhs  (  =  lesus)  stands  at  the  top  of  a  few  pages. 

62.  (It.  6.)  Serafino  Razzi,  Vita  di  F.  Girolamo  Savonarola. 

Paper,  ff.  318,  em.  27X19.5,  single  columns  20-22  lines,  41  quires, 
of  8,  except  the  22d  (6),  40th  and  41st  (4).  Pages  numbered  1  (f.  2a)- 
623  (f.  313a),  nos.  413  and  498  being  repeated.  BerUn  Purchase? 
Century  XVII. 

Label:  Vita  del  Padre  Savonarola  de  Predicat.  Del  P.  Razzi. 
Below,  the  number  164,  which  appears  also  on  the  corner  of  the  last 
verso,  seems  to  have  been  effaced.  Below  again  is  the  number  1590,  and 
below  it  17  p  or  5]]  7.    At  the  top  of  the  front  cover  is  the  number  131. 


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Contents:  Vita  di  F.  Girolamo  Savonarola  111.  Ordine  de  Predica- 
tori  Scritta  nel  1590.  Dal  P.  F.  Serafino  Razzi  111.  ordine  sopraddetto 
con  ogni  cautela,  f.  la.  Opposite  Razzi  another  hand  has  written  in 
the  margin,  Priore  di  S.  Domenico  di  Napoli.  Incip.:  Al  Molto  Rever- 
endo  Padre  Fra  Filippo  Brandolini  Priore  meritissimo  di  Convento  di 
S.  Marco  di  Firenze  mio  sempre  Osservandissimo.  Grande  certamente 
tiene  oggi  la  Serenissima  Citta  di  Firenze,  f.  2a  (  =  p.  1). 

Prologo  Delia  Vita  di  F:   Girolamo  Savonarola,  ff.  5a-Qa  (pp.  7-9). 

Delia  Nascita  di  F.  Girolamo,  sua  adolescenza  e  costumi.  Capitulo 
primo.  Fu  F:  Girolamo  Savonarola  per  origine  Padovano  per  nascita 
da  Ferrara,  f.  66  (  =  p.  10).  Explic:  Lo  reveriamo  come  martire  ren- 
dendo  grazie  a  Dio,  nel  nome  del  Padre  del  figliolo  e  dello  Spirito  santo 
Amen,  f.  312a  (  =  p.  619). 

Lines  entitled  Laude  dal  Servo  di  Dio  trovate  nel  suo  Breviario 
(ff.  3126,  313a),  and  Di  S.  Maria  Maddalena  (ff.  313a-314a)  follow. 
Incip.:  Tu  sei  dolce  Giesu  signore  eterno. — Explic:  se  del  tuo^  Imne 
santo  fiamme  accese.     Ff.  315-318,  Indice. 

Inside  the  first  cover  is  written  Ex  B.  7  (or  T),  and  below  it  in  another 
hand,  Mayerhoff.  At  the  foot  of  the  last  verso,  Pobratto  (or  Potratto  ?) 
is  written,  inverted.  Appended  to  the  manuscript  and  within  the 
same  covers  is  another,  a  small  quire  of  12  leaves,  entitled  Costumi  e 
Morte  di  Papa  Alessandro  VI  Contrario  Al  P :  Fra  Girolamo  Savonarola, 
etc.,  which  we  have  described  separately  (no.  58). 

Villari,  in  his  Life  and  Times  of  Savonarola,  says  that  Razzi's  Vita 
is  a  compilation  from  Pico  and  Burlamacchi,  and  that  his  works  exist 
in  manuscript  in  the  Magliabecchian,  Riccardian,  and  Laurentian 
libraries  (I,  xli,  xlii).  In  pursuance  of  this  suggestion  we  have  examined 
the  Razzi  manuscripts  in  the  National  Central  Library,  in  the  Uffizi 
Palace  at  Florence,  into  which  the  Magliabecchian  Library  was  merged 
in  1860.  The  Magliabecchian  manuscript  (xxxvii,  1,  cod.  294)  entitled 
Delia  Vita  e  Dottrina  del  RPF  Girolamo  Savonarola  Difensione  Gen- 
erale  .  Fra  Serafino  Razzi,  begins  thus:  A  Benigni  Lettori  Salute  nel 
Signore.  Perche  importa  assai  con  qual  animo,  etc.,  f.  2a.  Like  the 
manuscript  under  discussion  the  Magliabecchian  concludes  with  verse: 
Di  alcune  Rime  spirituali  composte  dal  servo  di  Dio  Fra  Ieron(i)mo, 
f .  232  ff.  In  the  same  National  Central  Library  is  another  work  of 
Razzi's,  formerly  in  the  Badia,  entitled  Vita  e  Morte  di  Fra  Girolamo 
Savonarola  da  Ferrara  dell'  ordine  de  Frati  Predicatori  e  P°  Reformatore 
della  Congregazione  de  FF.  di  S.  Marco  di  Firenze.  Descritta  da  F. 
Serafino  Razzi,  ....  1590.  This  is  a  work  in  65  chapters  (ff.  553), 
and  after  an  epigram  (f.  16),  begins  with  an  address  to  Brandolini,  as 
does  the  Chicago  manuscript.  The  latter  does  not,  however,  fully  agree 
with  either  of  the  Florence  manuscripts  we  examined,  and  seems  to 
be  a  different  treatment  of  the  same  general  subject  by  the  same  writer. 


SPANISH 


SPANISH 

63.  (Span.  1.)  Breviario  de  Amor. 

Paper,  ff.  233  (6+ccxxvii),  cm.  33X23.5,  two  columns,  35-37  lines, 
24  quires,  of  10,  except  the  1st  (6)  and  24th  (7).  After  the  table  of  con- 
tents, quire  1,  the  leaves  are  numbered  in  Roman.  Column  ruHngs  on 
both  sides.     Berlin  Purchase  no.  35.     Probably  century  XIV-XV. 

Label:  Breviario  de  Amor.  The  oval  paper  label,  found  on  nos. 
2,  6,  12,  14,  17,  18,  39,  47,  54,  65,  numbered  17  has  been  applied  over  a 
smaller  rectangular  label. 

Contents :  Breviario  de  Amor,  o  sia  Trattato  di  di verso  cose  spirituali 
Teologiche.     This  title  in  a  late  hand,  at  the  top  of  f .  la. 

1.  Table  of  contents,  with  corresponding  leaf  numbers,  f.  la-66. 
Incip.:  En  nombre  de  nuestro  seiior  ihu  xpo  sea  e  de  la  gloriosa  Virgen 
senora  santa  maria  Comiengan  las  Rubricas  deste  libro  llamado  brevi- 
ario de  amor. — Explic:  Sermon  del  advenimiento  del  spii  santo  ni 
por  qual  Razon  fue  embiado  en  tal  manera. 

2.  The  Rubricas,  ff.  i-ccxxvii.  At  the  top  of  f.  la,  ihs+xps+. 
Incip.:  El  maestro  Ruega  a  nuestro  senor  dios  que  le  de  gra  de  bien  dezir 
e  de  la  obra  complir  amen.  A  picture  in  pen  and  ink  of  a  figure  kneeling 
in  prayer  with  another  bending  over  him  from  the  heavens  follows. 
The  text  then  begins  as  follows :  [P]or  quanto  el  se  so  e  el  entendimiento 
e  el  saber  e  la  subtilidad  el  engenio  procede  e  desciende  de  la  sanctissima 
e  indi vidua  trinidad. — Explic:  e  en  tal  manera  vendras  por  tal  camino 
a  la  gloria  de  paraiso  donde  estan  e  habitan  los  santos  e  hauras  con 
ellos  en  uno  gloria  e  bien  aventuranga  sin  fin  con  aquel  que  vive  e 
regna  alto  en  el  cielo  por  infinita  secula  seculorum  amen.  Finito  libro 
sit  laus  e  gloria  xpo,  f .  ccxxviia. 

Several  pages  are  left  blank,  vi6,  xxxiiiife,  xxxva,  xxxviiia,  lxii6,  xcv6, 
cxvii6,  cli6.  A  price  mark  in  lire  is  penciled  on  the  verso  of  the  last 
fly-leaf. 

This  encyclopaedic  work  embraces  a  body  of  divinity,  concise 
treatises  on  astronomy,  natural  history,  and  ethics,  and  the  articles  of 
the  faith,  concluding  with  a  sketch  of  gospel  history.  The  Berlin  list 
calls  it  the  "original  of  the  Floro  del  gay  saber." 

64.  (Span.  2.)  Alexo  Salgado  Correa,  Libro  Nombrado  memorial 

de  Martires  de  Hespana. 

Paper,  ff.  390,  (viii  +  239+143)  cm.  22.7X16.7,  single  columns, 
usually  16  lines.     33  quires  of  12,  except  the  1st  (9),  and  33d  (8).    A 

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76         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

printed  plate  has  been  inserted  in  quires  1  and  21,  following  ff.  iii  and 
238  (head  of  Christ),  and  in  quire  33  following  f.  140  of  Part  II  (coat  of 
arms).  The  leaves  are  numbered,  beginning  with  the  2d  quire,  from 
1-238,  then  after  the  inserted  plate,  from  1-140.  The  first  leaf  of  quire 
1  was  left  blank,  as  fly-leaf,  as  were  ff.  142  and  143  of  Part  II.  No 
rulings.    Berlin  Purchase  no.  46.    Century  XVI. 

Label:  wanting.     The  book  shows  no  sign  of  having  had  one. 

Contents:  Libro  Nombrado  Memorial  de  Martires  de  Hespana. 
Compuesto  por  Alexo  Salgado  Correa  en  verso  Hespanol,  en  estilo  de 
Sonetos,  que  contiene  dos  partes.  Quel  en  la  primera  se  Refieren 
gloriosos  martirios  ...  en  los  tiempos  .  .  .  desde  el  emperador  Nero 
hasta  los  emperadores  Dioclegiano  y  Maximiano.  .  . 

Y  en  la  segunda  parte  se  Refieren  assimesmo  gloriosos  martirios 
....  en  la  giudad  de  Cordova  Reinando  en  ella  los  Moros  Arabes 
Abdarrahgman  tercero,  y  Mahomat  su  hijo,  Abdarrahgman  su  nieto. 

Fueron  estas  obras  traduzidas  de  las  autenticas  scripturas  que  en  la 
prefagion  de  este  libro  se  Refieren  .  .  .  f.  ia. 

1.  Prefatory  material,  ff.  ia-viii6,  including  a  dedication,  f.  iia,  A 
la  catolica  real  Majestad  del  Rey  Don  Philippe  Nuestro  Senor  (i.e. 
Philip  II),  and  two  sonnets  addressed  to  Christ,  f.  iv.  Indp.:  Imagen 
suavissima  gustosa  de  mi  Dios  Ihesu  Christo  Salvador;  and  the  Pref- 
facion  de  Alexo  Salgado  Correa  sobre  estos  memoriales,  ff.  5a-66,  in 
which  the  author  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to  certain  works, 
particularly  of  Ambrosio  de  Morales  and  Florian  do  Campo — libros 
impresos  y  publicados  y  venidos  a  mis  manos  y  leidos  en  breves  oras 
de  la  Recreagion  de  mis  occupagiones  publicas  y  studios  de  mi  juridica 
proffession,  f.  6a.  These  are  followed  by  four  preliminary  sonnets,  ff. 
viia-viii6. 

2.  Part  I,  ff.  la-2396.  Sonnets  on  the  Early  Martyrs,  with  an  alpha- 
betic table  of  Martyrs  treated,  ff.  234a-2386.  F.  239  (plate  of  the 
head  of  Christ)  really  forms  the  frontispiece  to  Part  II.  Incip.:  Pues 
Dios  honrra  sus  sanctos  grandemente. — Explic:  En  perssonas  de  tantas 
qualidades  de  varias  suertes,  sexos,  y  edades. 

3.  Part  II,  ff.  la-141&.  Sonnets  on  the  Later  Martyrs,  ff.  la-136a. 
Title:  Comienga  la  proposicion  de  la  Segunda  parte  deste  libro  en  que 
se  trata  de  los  Sanctos  que  en  Cordova  fueron  martirizados,  en  tiempo 
de  los  Arabes  Mahometanos,  f.  la.  Incip.:  Nuestros  martires  sanctos 
gloriosos. — Explic:  agora  y  por  siempre  jamds.  Amen.  With  an 
alphabetic  table  of  the  martyrs  treated,  ff.  137a-140a.  F.  141a  is  a 
printed  coat  of  arms,  with  the  motto  IHESVS  SEMPER  ET  VBIQVE. 
F.  1416  is  written  over  with  Latin  texts  from  Galatians  and  Corinthians. 

The  book  is  still  fastened  with  two  brass  clasps.  At  the  top  of  fly- 
leaf ia,  30  .  .  is  written.    The  edges  are  tooled  and  gilded,  and  the 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  77 

letter  A  (Alexo?)  is  inscribed  on  the  outer  edges.  The  leather-bound 
covers  are  adorned  with  a  double  eagle  under  a  coronet  at  each  corner 
and  S  surmounted  with  a  crown  in  the  center.  The  form  of  the  manu- 
script plainly  shows  the  influence  of  printed  books. 

The  manuscript  would  seem  to  be  the  autograph  of  Correa.  Another 
work  of  his  is  mentioned  in  Antonio,  Bibl.  Hispana  Nova,  I,  1783,  p.  96: 
Regimiento  de  Jueces:  printed  at  Hispali  Apud  Martinum  de  Montes- 
doca,  1556,  in  4. 


FRENCH 


FRENCH 

65.   (Fr.   1.)    Armand   le   Bouthillier    de   Range,  Examen  des 
Reflexions  du  R.  P.  Mabillon. 

Paper,  if.  508,  cm.  43.9X29,  including  1  fly-leaf.  Quires  1-11  of  6 
leaves;  the  others  are  too  tightly  bound  to  be  determined.  Single 
columns,  16-23  lines.  A  page  numbering,  2-1012,  runs  from  f .  36  to  the 
end.  Nos.  406,  407,  983  are  omitted;  no.  984  is  repeated.  Berhn 
Purchase  no.  49.    Ca.  1750. 

Label:  Examen  des  Reflexions  du  R.  P.  Mabillon.  At  the  bottom 
is  an  oblong  paper  label  bearing  the  number  VI  (cf.  nos.  1,  5,  11,  51,  52), 
and  over  this  the  remains  of  an  oval  one  like  that  on  nos.  2,  6,  12,  14, 
17,  18,  39,  47,  54,  63,  wliich  still  bears  the  number  1.  On  the  front 
and  back  covers  are  the  arms  of  Pius  VI  (pope  1775-99),  which  also 
appear  on  nos.  47-49.  On  the  front-paper,  recto,  the  name  Mont- 
faucon  is  written,  as  though  he  were  the  owner  of  the  manuscript. 
But  B.  Montfaucon  died  in  1741,  and  the  watermark  is  1742. 

Contents:  Examen  des  Reflexions  du  R.  P.  Mabillon.  On  the 
front-paper,  verso,  below  a  dramng  of  the  sacred  heart: 

Ainsi  tendre  Jesus,  Pelican  adorable! 
Tu  nourris  tes  enfans  de  ton  Sang  precieux: 
Ainsi  ton  sacr6  coeur  est  un  banquet  durable 
Qui  leur  offre  en  tons  terns  un  mets  delicieux. 

F.  507a  bears  a  similar  drawing  of  the  heart  of  Mary,  pierced  by  a  sword; 
above,  Sacr6  Coeur  de  Marie:  below: 

Voici  du  pur  Amour  le  centre  et  le  modelle, 
Approchons-nous  de  cet  ardent  brasier, 

II  nous  penetrera  d'une  flamme  immortelle. 
Qui  de  nos  coeurs  amolira  I'acier. 

1.  Avertissement.  Incip.,  f.  la;  Quand  le  R.  P.  Mabillon  eut  la 
charity  de  me  venir  voir  apres  la  publication  de  son  Livre  des  Reflexions. 
— Explic,  f.  16.-  Dans  le  fond,  j'ai  toujours  eu  du  respect  et  de  la  charit6 
pour  lui;  mes  sentimens  se  sont  augmentez  dans  les  rencontres,  et  je 
les  conserverai  jusqu'a  la  mort. — Ornament  below. 

2.  Examen  des  Reflexions  que  le  R.  P.  Mabillon  a  faites  sur  la 
Reponse  a  son  Traite  des  Etudes.  Incip.,  f.  2a,  p.  1:  Je  m'6tois 
imaging,  Mes  Freres,  que  ce  que  j'avois  dit  sur  le  Traite  des  Etudes 
Monastiques  du  R.  P.  M.  satisfesoit  aux  raisons  dont  il  s'^toit  servi 
pour  en  ^tablir  la  necessite.    An  elaborate  ornament  precedes  the  title. — 

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Explic,  f.  606&,  p.  1012:  son  Esprit,  a  qui  seul  il  appartient  de  faire 
des  choses  miraculeuses.  "Qui  facit  mirabilia  magna  solus."  Fin. 
In  the  margin:  Ps.  71 .  19.  At  the  bottom  of  the  page,  below  a  cherub: 
Nota,  ce  manuscrit  est  fait  en  coulee  et  batarde  Angloise. — The  back- 
paper,  recto,  exhibits  a  price  mark  in  lire. 

This  treatise  is  the  final  answer  of  Armand  le  Bouthillier  de  Ranc6, 
the  founder  of  the  Trappists,  in  his  debate  with  Mabillon  on  the  question. 
Should  monks  occupy  themselves  with  scientific  study?  the  Abb6  de 
La  Trappe  maintaining  the  negative.  Overcome  by  the  personal  charm 
of  Mabillon,  de  Ranc6  never  published  this  or  any  other  answer.  The 
watermark  bears  the  name  of  an  Auvergne  maker,  and  the  date  1742. 


GERMAN 


GERMAN 

66.  (Ger.  1.)  Book  of  Devotions. 

Paper,  ff.  183,  cm.  14.2X9.7,  in  23  qmres  of  8,  except  the  22d  (11) 
and  23d  (4).  One  fly-leaf  in  front.  The  paper  guards  in  front  and  back, 
on  which  there  was  writing  in  a  modern  hand,  have  been  partly  torn  out, 
showing  underneath  parchment  with  the  lines  of  the  musical  staff. 
Over  the  parchment,  above  and  beneath,  are  bits  of  red  leather,  probably 
the  remains  of  a  leather  cover.  Only  the  boards  of  the  binding,  with 
traces  of  a  clasp,  now  remain.  The  manuscript  proper  is  in  single 
columns,  15-19  lines,  no  ruling.  The  beginnings  of  sections  are  marked 
in  red,  and  an  ornamental  initial  stands  at  the  top  of  f.  153a  (151a). 
There  are  at  least  two  hands,  the  second  beginning  with  f.  316.  An 
old  hand  (perhaps  more  than  one,  probably  contemporaneous  with  the 
writing  of  the  book)  has  inserted  an  irregular  folio  numbering,  running 
from  1-32,  34-38,  38-68,  68,  39,  40-44,  85,  46-100.  A  modern  hand 
has  corrected  the  old  in  pencil,  and  continued  the  numbering  of  all  the 
folia  originally  written  upon  throughout  to  ff.  163.  Berlin  Purchase 
no.  55.     Probably  century  XV. 

Label:  wanting. 

Contents:   A  collection  of  mediaeval  devotional  literature. 

1.  Meditations,  somewhat  in  the  style  of  Thomas  a  Kempis.  Incip., 
f.  la;  Deo  caritas  est  got  ist  die  liebe  und  wer  da  blybt  in  der  lieb  der 
blybt  in  got  und  got  in  im. — Explic,  f.  112a  (81a):  O  guder  Jhesu  ich 
will  entphangen  den  kylche  der  heylsamkeyt  und  den  namen  des  hern 
will  ich  ewigliche  loben  und  gebenedyen.     Amen  Deo  gra[ti]as. 

2.  A  series  of  religious  stories:  (a)  Incip.,  f.  113a  (82a):  Der  boss 
geist  wart  off  eyn  zijt  gefragt  war  in  er  die  groste  freyde  hett. — Explic, 
f.  113&."  vorware  man  kan  mir  keyn  groszer  freyd  angediine.  (b)  Incip.  ^ 
f.  1136;  Eyn  exempel  von  eyn  Coster  Esz  ist  gewest  eyn  Coster  Cistercer 
orden  in  dem  Closter  zu  Calliz. — Explic,  f.  119a  (88a):  und  der  koster 
sagt  synen  apt  wasz  eme  begenet  wasz  und  der  apt  sagt  ysz  synen  brii- 
dern  umb  yrs  lebes  Amen,  (c)  Incip.,  f.  1196  (886):  Von  eyner  hiisz 
dyrnne  Esz  was  eyn  eynsiedel  in  eyn  wald. — Explic,  f.  1246  (936): 
dasz  ich  lone  sail  haben  mit  [[der  derj]  der  die  ferr  und  wit  uber  mich 
gewircket  hatt.  (d)  Incip.,  f.  1246;  Von  eynen  eynfeldigen  beck|{g]}- 
yngyn  Isz  wasz  eyn  eynfeldiges  beckingyn  in  eym  gots  huszgin. — 
Explic,  f .  129a  (98a) :  so  will  ich  eiich  das  helge  sacrament  nit  versagen. 

3.  Rules  for  the  proper  observance  of  Lent,  ending  with  rules  for 
the  government  of  a  monastery.     Incip.,  f.  129a;  Wasz  dii  bedrachten 

85 


86  CATALOGUE   OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

salt  und  got  dancken  zii  iglicher  stunden  sjois  lydens  vor  dyn  siinde. — 
Explic.,  f .  1316;  Aber  wan  man  die  cle3aien  dinge  lasst  vergen  so  ist  isz 
iinmogeliche  dasz  die  andern  die  lenge  blyben  stene. 

4.  Brief  practical  rules,  perhaps  those  of  some  monastic  order. 
Incip.,  f.  1316;  Die  wile  yzu(n)t  so  grosz  spaltiing  in  alien  Cristen  ist 
weysz  ich  dir  zii  der  seligkeyt  keyn  weg  der  gewiszer  ist  dan  folge  diszem 
biichelin  festiglich. — Explic,  f.  138a;  und  es  kompt  die  zijt  dasz  es  ene 
selber  rliwet  und  all  menschen  werden  eine  grame. 

5.  A  story.  Incip.,  f.  138a;  Ich  weysz  eyn  menschen  der  kame  zii 
eyner  stat  da  fiel  boser  geist  waren. — Explic,  f.  140a;  vor  diszer  frunt- 
schafft  behude  uns  got  all  Amen. 

6.  Exhortations  in  allegorical  style.  Incip.,  f.  140a;  Dasz  hesselin 
hatt  IX  eygenschafft. — Explic,  f.  1506;  wan  eyn  clostermensch  mtisz 
fiel  lustes  entbern  dasz  die  werntlichen  haben. 

7.  A  miracle  story.  Incip.,  f.  153a  (151a):  Eyn  schone  mirakel 
von  der  helgen  frauwen  sant  Aimen  vmszer  frauwen  mutter  imd  ist 
kortzliche  geschien.  Isz  wasz  eyns  gewaltigen  raits  mansz  sone. — 
Explic,  f.  1616  (1596):  und  III  wieschen  licht  geyn  ene  dryn  Jhesus 
Marie  Anna  und  mit  almiisen  geben  [[und  sal  sprechen  yrem  bilde  mit 
ynnigkeit]] . 

8.  A  story.  Incip.,  f.  169a  (160a):  Eyn  exempel.  Es  wasz  eyn 
andechtig  geystliche  und  sere  eynfeldig  mensche. — Explic,  f.  1726 
(1636):  darumb  sollen  wir  got  groszliche  dancken  dasz  er  uns  dicke 
unszer  begerimg  entzuget  und  uns  dar  durch  behiidet  vor  sunden — deo 
gratias. 

On  the  blank  leaves  in  the  rear  portion  of  the  manuscript,  the  first 
known  layman-owner  has  written  a  brief  family  chronicle  with  various 
memoranda.  His  hand  appears  first  on  f.  163a;  Anno  1669  den  28.  tag 
Aprilis.  F.  1636  contains  a  superstitious  note  of  a  murder  committed 
on  "  Creutzerfindungs  "-day,  1669,  which  in  that  year  fell  on  a  Friday. 
The  rest  of  ff.  163-165  is  taken  up  with  memoranda  of  children  at  whose 
baptism  the  owner  or  his  wife  stood  sponsor.  F.  173a,  the  family  chron- 
icle. Incip.:  Anno  1669  den  20.  Dag  Januarij.  Hab  ich  mein  frau  zur 
Ehe.  .  .  Ernst  Lorentz  Paulij  Maria  Magdalena  Pauly  geboren.  .  .  . 
— Explic,  after  memoranda  of  a  number  of  children  with  date  of  birth 
and  name,  f.  1736;  Ano  1718  den  10  februari  ist  mein  Vater  sehlich 
entschlaffen.  Johannus  Pauli  hat  dis  geschriben.  The  hand  of  the  son 
is  decidedly  less  fine  than  that  of  the  father.  F.  174a  the  hand  of  the 
father  reappears.  Incip.:  Wasz  ich  Lorentz  Paulij  jarlich  vor  bes- 
chwarnusz  und  zinsen  gebe  .  .  .  Explic,  f.  175a;  It(em).  In  dasz 
Hb.  Hohenfelts  Hausz  Jarlich  [[ein]]  1  vierdell  Korn.  On  f .  1816,  in  the 
midst  of  a  scrawl,  containing  pious  maxims,  etc.,  another  member, 
probably  of  the  same  family,  has  written:  Adam  Paull  zu  Bamberg. 
In  1723  the  book  changed  owners,  shown  by  a  note  in  the  new  owner's 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  87 

hand  at  the  foot  of  f.  1406;  Geschrieben  den  8.  T.  abrill  Henrich 
wejandt  1723.  The  same  hand  has  inserted  various  scrawls,  partly  in 
bad  Latin,  here  and  there  throughout  the  book. 

67.  (Ger.  2.)  Hymn  and  List  of  Books. 

Paper,  £f.  4,  cm.  19.5X15,  single  colunm,  varying  number  of  lines. 
Late  XVI  century. 

Contents :  I .  Vom  greulichen  laster  des  volsauff ens  ein  schoner  Bergk- 
reye.  The  first  verse  is  then  written  twice,  once  each  under  music  in  the 
base  and  tenor  clef.  There  are  24  verses  in  all.  Verse  1 :  Grosgunstige 
lieben  Hern,  Grosgimstige  lieben  Hem,  ich  wolt  euch  gerne  singen,  wens 
euch  nit  wolt  beschwern.  Verse  24:  Soviel  es  Kan  gesein,  :  II  :  wie  er 
hierin  nit  zweiffelt,  Solt  ihr  auch  willigen  drein.    Finis.    Ff.  la-26. 

II.  A  remnant  of  a  list  of  books,  ff.  3a,  b. 

10.  Ein  einfeltig  bedenken  aus  heiliger  gotlicher  schrifft  ob  man  in 
vnsern  kirchen  mit  gutten  gewissen  einigerley  Enderung  thun  muge, 
dem  interim  zu  gef alien. 

11.  Das  nie  noter  gewest  ist  wider  den  romischen  antichrist  zu 
schreiben,  vnd  predigen,  den  itzt  zu  der  adiaphoristen  zeiten,  Nicolaus 
von  amsdorff. 

12.  Eine  freidige  vermanvmg,  zu  klarem  vnd  offentlichem  bekentnis 
jhesu  Christi,  wider  die  adiaphoristische  klugheit  vnd  heucheley,  durch 
Ciuilium  einen  italianer. 

13.  Antwort  Matth.  flac:  illijri:  auff  etliche  beschuldigung  D.  Ge. 
Maiors,  vnd  D.  pommers. 

14.  Das  D.  pommer,  vnd  D.  Maior  mit  iren  adiaphoristen  ergernis 
vnd  zertrennung  angericht  haben,  vnd  nicht  wir  zu  Magdeburg,  wie 
sie  vns  schuld  geben  Niclas  vonn  amsdorff. 

15.  Die  rechte  merckzeichen,  dabey  beide  der  Christ  vnd  antichrist 
eigentlich  zuerkennen  petrus  arbiter. 

16.  Eine  schrifft  der  theologen  zu  Wittenberg  Anno,  1540,  wider 
(Jdi.  .  ]]  die  Adiaphoristen  geschrieben,  daraus  zu  vernemen  das  sie 
itzt  wider  sich  selbst  sind. 

17.  Recusation  schrifft  der  christlichen  augspurgischen  Confessions 
verwandten  stende,  wider  das  trientische  Concilium,  mit  einer  vorrede 
Matth.  fia.  ilUj :  vnd  Nicolai  Galli. 

18.  Wunderbarliche  gesicht,  am  Himmel  vnd  wolcken  zu  weisensehe 
in  Doringen  den  19.  februarij  gesehen  Anno  1554. 

The  missing  numbers  of  this  book  list  show  that  at  least  two,  possibly 
four,  leaves  are  missing  from  the  middle  of  the  quire.  On  the  lower 
margin  of  f .  3a  stands  the  number  767,  the  6  being  written  with  heavy 
stroke  over  another  7.  F.  4  is  blank.  The  paper  is  thick  and  of  some- 
what coarse  grain,  but  tough  and  of  good  quality.  Watermark:  arms 
of  quaint  design. 


88         CATALOGUE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

68.  (Ger.  3.)  Joh.  Mathesius,  Kirchen-,  Schul-  und  Spitalordnung. 
Chronicle  of  the  Rammelsberg  mines. 

Paper,  ff.  140,  cm.  33X19.6  (20.5),  in  12  quires,  nos.  1  (14),  2  and 
3  (2),  4,  8,  9,  10  and  11  (12),  5  (10),  6  (4),  7  (31),  12  (17);  single  columns, 
27-39  lines.  An  old  page  numbering  in  ink,  1-61  on  ff.  45o-75a. 
Hengstenberg  ?    Mathesius,  1551;    Chronicle,  1527-1583. 

Label:  fragmentary,  illegible.     Underneath,  4. 

Contents:  1.  Mathesius,  Kirchen-,  Schul-  und  Spitalordnung,  ff.  la- 
16a.  F.  la,  title  and  dedication:  Ein  kurtzer  Bericht,  von  der  Lehr 
undt  Ceremonien  der  christlichen  Kirchen  in  S.  Joachimsthal  gestelt 
durch  den  alten  Herrn  Johann  Mathesium  Ein  Sendbrief  an  einen  guten 
Freiindt,  von  der  Lehr  und  Ceremonien  in  St.  Joachimsthal  Gonstiger 
lieber  Herr  undt  Freiindt,  auf  eiier  emsigs  Begeren,  und  anhalten,  hab 
ich  eiich  in  vyl  willfahren  wollen,  und  mit  warheit  berichten,  wie  es 
dieser  Zeit  bey  uns  in  der  Kirch,  Schul,  and  Spital  gehalten  wirdt, 
wie  es  sich  denn  (Gottlob)  in  Werk,  und  taglichen  Wesen  sehen,  und 
erfinden  leszet.  Bitte  ihr  wollet  mit  dieser  kurtzen  schrift  auf  diszmal 
vorgut  nehmen,  und  Gottes  Wort,  als  viel  an  euch  ist  wie  ein  trewer  undt 
warer  Joseph,  fordern  helfen,  so  wird  Gott  ewern  Ephraim  und  Manasze 
wider  segnen,  imd  sie  auch  zu  Ecksteinen  inn  Iszrael  machen.  Gott 
undt  seiner  Gnade  trewlich  befohlen  Datum  in  St.  Joacliimsthal,  am 
tag  purificationis  Mariae  M.D.LI  Mathesius.  Incip.,  f.  16."  Von  der 
Lehr.  Man  prediget  in  dieser  kirchen  das  Gesetz  Gottes  und  Evange- 
lion. — Explic,  f.  16a."  Dasz  soil  mein  lebenslang,  mit  alien  Christen, 
meines  Hertzen  Wunsch  und  sehnliches  Gebete  sein,  Amen  lieber 
Herre  Jesu  Christe,  Amen.     Ff.  166,  17,  and  18  are  blank. 

2.  Chronicle  of  the  Rammelsberg  Mines,  ff.  19a-1406.  A.  Incip., 
f.  19a;  Rammelsbergsche  bergwerck  last  sich  ao  1527  wohl  an.  The 
last  date  in  this  section  is  1583. — Explic,  f.  426;  .  .  .  Petro  Adenero. 
Ff .  43,  44  are  blank. 

B.  Incip.,  f.  45a;  Von  Aufkommen  der  Bergwercke  Steigens  und 
fallens.  Von  Ambts  Persohnen  undt  Geschichten  der  Bergstadte. 
Wir  kommen  nun  wiederumb  zu  unsern. — Explic,  f.  75a;  dadurch  die 
beschreibung  zurticke  undt  nachgeblieben.  F.  766  bears  the  legend: 
Von  etlichen  Articuln  so  der  alte  mann  nach  Bergrecht  und  Bergord- 
nunge  gehalten. 

C.  Incip.,  f.  76a;  Nach  dieser  Zeit  und  letzten  auflaszung  sind  die 
Bergwercke  eine  geraume  lange  Zeit  sonderlichen  bey  uns  hier  auf  dem 
Hartze  dieser  jetzigen  Bergstadte  ungebauet  beliegen  blieben.  The 
last  date  given  in  this  section  is  1568. — Explic,  f.  1406;  alien  Bericht  des 
Rammelsbergischen  Berg-  und  Htitten  Wercks  begehret  undt  gefodert. 
The  lower  half  of  f .  140  is  torn  out. 

Mathesius'  pamphlet  is  probably  his  autograph.     The  three  sec- 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  89 

tions  of  the  Chronicle  are  in  as  many  different  hands.  The  last  section 
is  accompanied  by  Latin  marginal  notes  in  a  scrawling  hand.  On  the 
inside  of  the  front  cover,  in  a  hand  more  modern  than  any  in  the  manu- 
script, is  the  note:  9  Symbolis  fol.  4.  Interesting  watermarks:  a  kobold 
over  the  letters  A  H  HB  on  the  one,  a  crowned  bell  on  the  other  half- 
leaf;  RW  on  one,  a  lamb  within  a  wreath  on  the  other  half -leaf;  a 
galloping  unicorn  of  clumsy  design. 


ENGLISH 


ENGLISH 

69.  (Eng.  1.)  John  Liptrott,  Collectanea  Curiosa:   Transcripts  of 

Poetry  by  Different  Wits.     1786. 

Paper,  flf.  194,  cm.  19.6X15.8,  in  12  quires  of  16,  except  1  (14)  and 
5  and  12  (18).  Written  in  various  ways  —  sometimes  across,  some- 
times up  and  down  the  page,  sometimes  inverted  (ff.  191-193).  For  the 
most  part  in  the  hand  of  John  Liptrott.  University  of  Chicago  Acces- 
sion 263337,  f.  2a;  at  foot  of  page,  46721  stamped.     1786-1825. 

Label:  Mss  |  Poetry — Below,  in  faded  ink,  a  number.  On  the 
front  cover: 

S        P        Q        R 

Sancte  Pater  Quare  Rides 

Rideo  Quia  Papa  Sum 

1786 

Collectanea  curiosa. 

In  English, 

A  Collection  of  Curiosities. 

Thoughts  that  breathe,  and  words  that  bum ! 

The  last  line  is  perhaps  in  another  hand. 

Contents:  Extracts  of  prose  and  poetry,  besides  some  original 
verses  by  John  Liptrott,  written  in  his  hand  through  a  series  of  years, 
1786-1825.  Title:  Transcripts  of  poetry  (by  different  wits)  Oct  y« 
17th,  1786.  John  Liptrott.  Incip.:  Sir  Thos.  Wyatt  of  AUington 
Castle  in  Kent,  the  first  writer  of  satire  worth  notice,  f.  16. — Explic: 
there  is  a  diminution  in  its  pressure  of  many  thousand  pounds,  f.  1916. 
The  extracts  include  fugitive  poems  amusing  or  ambitious,  but  of 
small  merit;  epitaphs,  passages  from  works  of  travel,  etc.  A  loose  leaf 
in  the  same  hand  is  inclosed,  together  Avith  numerous  clippings  from 
contemporary  newspapers. 

Notes:  Inside  the  front  cover  is  the  book  plate  or  label  of  Blamire, 
Bookseller  and  Stationer,  No.  5,  Strand,  etc.  Above:  Archbishop 
Sancroft's  transcripts  of  Poetry  are  now  in  the  Bodleian  library.  J.  L. 
Below,  Horace" — Laughing,  to  teach  the  truth  What  hinders?  As 
some  teachers  give  to  boys''  Junkets  and  knacks  y*  they  may  learn 
apace.     ''Sat.  i.  i.  24    ^From  Apol  Smectym  .  .  Prose  works,  vol.  1. 

70.  (Eng.  2.)  Joseph  Spence,  Poems,  Latin  and  English. 

Paper,  ff.  84,  cm.  19.3X12.2,  in  11  quires  of  8,  except  1st  (5)  and  2d 
(7).    Ff.  616-846  blank.     Ff.  7a-61a  paged  1-109.    The  handwriting  is 

93 


94  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

very  probably  that  of  Spence  himself.    University  of  Chicago  Acces- 
sion 263296.     1722  (p.  22)-1730  (p.  108). 

Contents:   Poems,  Latin  and  English,  for  the  most  part  by  Joseph 
Spence.    The  following  table  occupies  f .  3a  ff. : 
Odes: 

1.  Ode,  in  Luem  Massiliensem,  ad  C:  Pitt 1 


2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 


Epistolaris,  ad  eundem 3 

In  antiquam  Britonmn  virtutem 5 

Quinque  Veneris  gradus 7 

In  obitum  CI:  Poetae,  M:  Pryor 8 

Amantium  mores 10 

In  obitum  CI:  MiUtis,  D:  Dormer 11 

Ad  amicum  uxorem  ducturum 14 


Translations: 

(a)    Philoctetes :  a  Speech  of  his  from  Sophocles 15 

(6)    Venus,  a  Satir  on  her  from  Guarinis'  Past:  Fido 17 

(c)  Horaces  16  Ode,  lib:  2,  paraphras'd 18 

English  Originals: 

(1)  To  Mr.  Pitt:  on  his  Plague  of  Marseilles 20 

(2)  To  Mr.  Jones  on  his  Oppian 22 

(3)  Epistle  from  a  Swiss  Officer  to  his  friend  at  Rome 24 

(d)  Song  of  Deborah,  paraphras'd 26 

(e)  David's  Lamentation  over  Saul  &  Jonathan 28 

(/)    The  Crucifixion:  from  an  Ode  of  Mr.  Masters 30 

(4)  Epistle  on  Similies 32 

9.    Soteria  ad  Rev.  Doctorem  Cheyney,  Ode 35 

(g)    Horace's  4  Ode,  lib:  2,  paraphras'd 37 

(5)  Epistle  on  the  Mechanery  of  Brutes 39 

(6)  The  Art  of  Beauty.     In  2  Cantos 43 

Latin  Originals: 

a.     Certamen  Poeticum,  Nov.  Col.  institutum 60 

(3'.    Mimus 62 

10.  In  obitum  CI.  Doctoris  Cheyney.     Ode 66 

y'.     Scenici  Itinerantes 67 

[h)    The  Vision:  from  Hab.  3 69 

(7)  D.  of  Wharton's  letter  to  Mr.  Floyd,  Answered 73 

8'.     Tyro  Reginensis 74 

(8)  Ode  against  Knowledge 76 

11.  Alter  Georgius.     Ode 79 

(i)     Interview  of  Hector  &  Andromache,  from  II :  6 81 

(9)  To  Mr.  Ramsay:  on  his  Cyrus 85 

(10)    The  Charliade 88 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  95 

(The  last  four  page  nos.  should  be  80,  82,  86,  89.)  Incip.:  Ode  Prima 
Lues    Massiliensis.    ad    Authorem    ejusdem   tituli    Poematis.    Qualis 

minister   turbinis   angelus    (f.   7a  =  p.    1). — Explic:    Mr.  his 

answer  to  y^  E.  of .    The  notes  (f.  61a  =  p.  109).    On  a  loose 

leaf,  pinned  to  f.  2,  is  a  paragraph  of  verse  beginning  Must  lose  in 
[[mood]]  guise  too  hateful,  etc. ;  tentative  translations  of  Aeneid  1 :  251-3; 
265,  6;   750-6.    20  lines,  somewhat  scratched. 

On  f.  66,  a  note  of  11  lines.  Incip.:  Poetam  etiam — ;  quam  bonum 
nihil  ad  rem.  Inside  the  first  cover,  a  note:  Purchased  at  the  sale  of 
Russell  Cook  in  the  Isle  of  Wight. 

Joseph  Spence  (1699-1768)  is  known  by  his  Essay  on  Pope's  Trans- 
lation of  the  Odyssey  (1726),  his  Polymetis  (1747),  and  his  Anecdotes 
of  Pope  (published  1820).  He  was  professor  of  poetry  at  Oxford, 
1728-1738.  For  some  notices  of  him  are  we  indebted  to  Professor 
W.  D.  MacClintock. 


DUTCH 


DUTCH 
71.  (Dutch  1.)  Land  leases  of  the  Count  of  Holland. 

Parchment,  f.  1,  in  2  pieces,  each  cm.  16X10.8,  from  the  fly-leaves 
of  a  volimie  containing : 

(1)  Pascosii  Roberti  ...  in  Lamentationes  leremiae  .  .  .  opus 
.  .  .  nunquam  antehac  visum,  nee  typis  excusum.  Below,  Coloniae,  ex 
officina  Eucharii  Anno  M.D.XXXII.     Pp.  (16) +334. 

(2)  Albini  ...  in  Ecclesiasten  Commentaria.  Below,  Basileae,  ex 
officina  Bebehana,  M.D.XXXI.  Pp.  126.  The  whole  in  a  stiff  pigskin 
folder;  number  722  on  back  and  side.  The  pieces  form  the  upper  part 
of  a  single  leaf,  written  on  both  sides.  17-21  lines.  Both  margins  are 
double  ruled  on  the  recto;  a  trace  also  on  verso.     1453-54. 

Recto:  Lease  of  lands  in  Texel. 

An  der  ontfang  [va]n  mijns  genad(igen) 
heren  goeden  en(de)  rent[en]  in  Texel 

Van  den  komthienden  in  Texel  v[an  d]en  rentsoenen  van  d(en) 

lampthienden  van  den  wintmole[n  va]n  den  val  ?  gelde|| 

van   den   meylanden   van   den   vogely[ .  .  .  ]   van   den   geersten 

ald(us) 
Al  welke  parceelen  verpacht  zij[n  ge]weyst  al  te  samen 
mit  alien  horen  toebehoren  ailbr[ .  .  .  ]  van  raephorst  scout 
van  harlem  en(de)  thomaes  van  hog[doe]rp  eenen  t(er)mi]n  van 
XX  jaren  lang   aen   een    geduemde  [ .  .  .  jaende   en(de)   begin- 

nen(de) 
tot  Sinte  Jans  dage  midsomer  [ .  du]ysent  CCCCUiii  om 
die  som(m)e  van  CIvii  f .  gl  vlems  g[old]  Clix  Jars  te  betalen 
tot  twee  termijnen  van  den  Jar[ .  .  .  ]  Sinte  Jan  midsom(er) 
en(de)  kersmisse  na  wtwijs(ing)  mijns  v[ors]  genad(igen)  he(ren) 

opene 
brieven  die  zij  dar  offhebben  g[ev]en  onder  tsegel  van 
hollant   den   lesten   dach    in    octobry    [MCCC]Chii    en(de)    bij 

anderen 
mijns  vors(  ?)  genad(igen)  he(re)n  brieven  g[ev]en  onder  zijnen 
groten  zegel  binnen  ziynre  stede  [ .  .  .  ]  brugge  den  xxv«° 
dach  in  april  dusent  CCCClv  n[ .  .  .  ]aessthen  dar  mede 
hij  beUeft  en(de)  consenteert  bij  advis[.  va]n  d(en)   Com(m)is- 

sarissen 

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van  zijnen  financien  in  die  verpach[t  .  .  ]  vors(  ?)  van  welken 
brieven  Copie  oerdentlich  .  .  .  .  [ 

Verso:  Lease  of  lands  in  the  Harlemmer-hout. 

Van  den  zodeslach  i[nde]  wildernisse  van  harle(ni)mer  hout 
welke  zoodslach  die  [ .  .  .  ]p  Cruesner  te  houden  plach  zijn 
leven  lang  geduern[  .  .  .  ]mte  dar  off  wtreycken(de)  Vertont 
van  assendel(  ?)let  z[ .  .  .  ]n  lijne  XXIX™'^  stilden  t  .  .  aers 
mijn  genad(ige)  here  on[ .  .  .  ]x  tegens  den  vor(ige)n  Jacop  vry 
geleft  heeft  .  e  .  .  h[ .  .  .  ]dan  weren  bewijst  en(de)  gegeve(n) 
onder  .  ander  da[ .  sco]utambocht  van  westwoude  mit 
zijnen  toebehoren  a[ .  .  .  ]  bHjct  bij  des  vors  rentmeysters 
jjjde  rekenn(ing)  rekenn[ .  .  .  ]  folio  XXXII  int  artikel  mencie 
makende  van  den  s[ .  .  .  ]n  scoutambocht  dar  die  vor(ige)n 
rentmeyst(er)  bij  .  e  .  [ .  .  .  ]reste  dar  v.  gestelt  gelast  is 
mitten  selven  zod[slac]h  des  selfs  mijns  genad(igen)  hee(re)n 
meeste  proffijt  .  [ .  .  .  ]  en  Ende  want  binnen  den  tyde 
van    des(en)    rekenn(ing)  de[ .  .  vo]r(s  .  .)  zodslach  nyement  en 

heeft  willen 
bewach(?)   parti j  en  mo[.  .  .]  eye  (re)  n  admits  dat  belet  en(de) 

ongebruc 
dat  die  her.  .  .  bre[  .  .  .  ]  dar  in  doet  en(de)  mantenert  zelv(er  .  .) 
dar  in  gerech.  .  v[ .  .  .  ]  sonderlinge  in  zijnen  duynen  ende 

72.  (Dutch  2.)  Narrative  and  Documents  of  an  Embassy  to  Morocco, 
1790-1801. 

Paper,  ff.  241,  paged  1-482  (including  one  half-leaf,  pp.  287-288), 
cm.  32X20,  in  59  quires,  14  of  8,  27  of  2,  7  of  4,  5  of  1,  2  of  3,  1  of  9, 
1  of  5,  1  of  6,  1  of  16.  The  quires  are  numbered  (1-59)  at  upper  left- 
hand  corner  of  1st  rectos.     1790-1801. 

Label:  Embassada  al  Rey  de  Fez  y  Marruecos  par  Juan  Em-.  Torley 

1791-1801. 

Contents:  1.  Reijze  van  de  Captein  Jan  Hendrijk  Torley  in  eene 
Gezantschappije  aan  de  Keyzer  van  Marocco,  in't  jaar  1791  volgends 
(fly-leaf,  a),  pp.  1-218.    To  this  are  appended: 

2.  A  series  of  documents,  some  of  them  original,  entitled  Tratados 
de  Paz  entre  Su  Magestad  el  Emperador  de  Fez  y  Marruecos  y  La 
S''«^*  RepubUca  Batava.  Annos  1791-1801,  Colleccion  del  Capitan  del 
mar  D.  Juan  Enrique  Torley,  pp.  221-480.  These  documents  and 
extracts  are  lettered  Litt.  A-P,  still  others  following.  Their  dates  fall 
in  the  years   1790-1801.     They  include  letters,   dispatches,   orders, 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  101 

accounts,  etc.,  in  Dutch,  English,  and  French.  Among  them  are 
orders  of  Admiral  (?)  Gardner,  dated  from  the  Phoebe  in  Cork 
Harbour,  1801;  various  letters  to  Capt.  Bols,  and  an  account  of  the 
goods  and  presents  taken  to  Morocco  by  the  expedition.  Incip.:  Den 
28  September  gingen  wy  om,  p.  1. — Explic:  Embuscade  I.  Vandervoort, 
p.  480. 

The  front  cover  bears  the  book  plate  of  Carl  Hopf :  Bibliotheca  Caroli 
Hopfii.  No.  561  (192).  N.  35.  His  name  is  written  above,  and  on  the 
fly-leaf  (a)  with  the  date  Hanma.  d.  1  Jan.  1851;  his  stamp  (C.H.) 
appears  below. 


ICELANDIC 


ICELANDIC 

73.  (Icel.  1.)  The  Saga  of  St.  Olaf. 

Paper,  ff,  544,  cm.  31 X 19 . 5,  single  columns,  26-29  lines.  68  quires, 
of  8,  with  a  fly-leaf  at  beginning  and  end.  Paged  1-1086.  Rulings  on 
rectos.    Berlin  Purchase  no.  50.     1827. 

Label:  Olaf  Hins  Helga  og  Orkneyia  Sangm-  (i.e.,  Olafs  Hins  Helga 
og  Orkneyia  Saugur) . 

Contents:  Olafs  Saga  Haralldzsonar  Hins  Helga  Og  Orkneyia 
larla  Saugur.  E  Codice  Regio  Flateyensi  a  Columna  310  usque  ad  583 
(f.  iia).  On  f.  ia  (the  fly-leaf)  is  an  Italian  title:  Saga  Canti  o  Relazioni 
Istoriche  di  Olaf  Haraldsson  detto  Hins-Helga,  e  Canti  de  larli  (Duchi) 
delle  Isole  Orcadi.  Alia  Biblioteca  Reale  di  Napoli,  Paolo  d'Ambrosio, 
30  Maggio  1827 — nomastico  di  S.  A.  R.  il  Duca  di  Calabria. 

1.  The  Oldfssaga  and  Sagas  of  the  Jarls  of  the  Orkney  Islands 
(Olafs  Saga  Hins  Helga  og  Orkneyia  larla  Saugur.)  Incip.,  p.  1:  Her 
hefr  vpp  Sogu  Olafs  konungs  Haralldzsvmar.  t>A  er  liflit  var  frd  hegat- 
bur9  uors  herra  Jesu  Christi. — Ezplic,  p.  1060:  Orkneyinga  Jorlum 
en  sua  sem  ver  hofum  sagt.  (Cf.  Flateyjarbok,  Christiania  ed.,  II. 
pp.  10-530.) 

2.  Appendices  to  the  Oldfssaga  (Visbcetir  vi5  6ld,fs  sogu  hins  helga) 
[Haec  quae  sequxmtur,  pertinent  ad  Historiam  Olavi  Sancti,  et  extant  in 
Cod.  Flat:  post  Historiam  Haquini  Senioris,  Columnis  750-51-52-53- 
&  54].  Incip.,  p.  1061:  I>essir  smdir  Articuli  sem  her  eru  saman. — 
Explic,  p.  1086,  vi9  kgin  e9r  nockurra illenda.  (Cf.  Christianiaed.,111, 
pp.  237-248.) 

The  manuscript  is  clearly  written.  The  name  Paolo  d'Ambrosio  is 
stamped  in  red  on  f .  iia. 

Watermarks:  on  the  last  fly-leaf,  P  GRELOV;  on  the  quires,  some- 
times ADS,  sometimes  G  R  surmounted  by  a  crown,  sometimes  J 
Honig  &  Zoon,  most  often  an  elaborate  one,  which  appears  also  in  no. 
71,  with  the  motto  Pro  Patria. 

This  manuscript  of  the  Cldfssaga  was  copied  from  the  celebrated 
Flateyjarbok,  one  of  the  best  of  Icelandic  manuscripts,  which  was  written 
in  1387-94.  In  the  sixteenth  century  it  was  in  the  possession  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family  on  the  Island  of  Flatey,  west  of  Iceland,  and  probably 
since  1656  has  been  preserved  in  the  Royal  Library  at  Copenhagen, 
The  Flateyjarb6k  is  described  in  the  Katalog  over  de  oldnorsk-islandske 
Handskrifter,  i  det  store  kongelige  Bibliotek  (Copenhagen,  1900)  (no.  18. 
Gl.  kgl.  sml.  1005,  I-II,  fol.  Flateyjarbok),  pp.  10-16.    The  standard 

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text  of  the  Saga  is  the  Christiania  edition,  1860-68,  in  three  volumes: 
Flateyjarbok.  En  Samling  af  norske  Konge-Sagaer  med  inskudte 
mindre  Fortaellinger.  The  columns  of  the  Copenhagen  Flateyjarb6k 
were  numbered  in  the  seventeenth  century,  and  to  these  numbers  the 
present  manuscript  refers. 

The  manuscript  was  once  owned  by  Paolo  d'Ambrosio,  who  seems  to 
have  given  it  to  the  Royal  (now  the  National)  Library  at  Naples,  per- 
haps in  honor  of  the  Duke  of  Calabria. 


HEBREW 


HEBREW 

74,  (Heb.  1.)     Tracts  on  Domestic  and  Ceremonial  Matters. 

Parchment,  ff.  140,  cm.  13X10,  usually  single  columns  but  some- 
times 2  or  3,  besides  one  or  two  in  the  margins;  usually  13  lines,  the 
accompanying  comment  sometimes  21  to  40  lines.  19  quires,  of  8, 
except  nos.  12,  19  (3),  17  (4),  18  (10).  Ruhngs  usually  on  both  sides. 
Hengstenberg.     1467. 

Label:  wanting.  The  pigskin  binding,  which  is  not  the  original 
one,  is  in  perfect  condition,  and  has  never  had  a  label. 

On  the  first  fly-leaf  a  modern  hand  has  written: 

:Db'-ia  ^'"3.  Dii2"Dibp  nsr)  in^sri  pin^  x-^^n  ^-^t^ 

:T"Dn  n_3irs  insD 

Contents:  1.  Sha'arim.  A  series  of  40  proAasions  as  to  meats,  with 
especial  reference  to  weights  and  measiu-es,  ff.  la-916.  Sha'arim  1-5 
are  wanting.    Incip.: 

^ibn  '"pT  (^n)ni  "pj<  (^n)^i23  ^n3?air 

— Explic: 

2.  Rules  (DTI),  45  in  nmnber,  governing  conjugal  relations, 
ff.  92a-127&.    Indp.: 

—Explic,  f.  125a.-  , 

^inb  -fx  nsp^  75^  nv 

Yn  DTj^Dibp  ^12^  pir  fi<b  nsicn  pTnn:i  pin 

D^i2"  5<^  inj^  ^T\i2  ^Ti  nr2  msbn  ni  ^nnn^  ti^b-::  Du:n3 

riD-^rn  n^nnn  ns^T  n-^^s  j  am  ^"iirn  nnb 

p^bc  t^^sb  7D") 
A  table  of  contents  of  this  tract  follows,  ff.  1256-1276.    Incip.: 

— Explic:  ,  ,   , 

D^3^^cn  p^bc  -pis^sn  nnnir  nu^i::  ni2 

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3.  A  Tract  on  slaughtering,  ff.  128a-1406.    Intip.: 

— Explic: 

Since  in  Mishna,  Seder  5  (WWlp),  Tractate  (tlSD^)  3,  ntiTlTT 

•   t't  ■.•••-  -      ■    : 

Ti))!,  such  subjects  are  treated  as  in  fragments  1  and  3  of  this  manu- 
script, and  the  order  of  subjects  there  is  (1)  slaughtering,  (2)  clean 
and  unclean,  (3)  varia,  it  is  quite  possible  that  fragment  3  in  the 
manuscript  is  really  an  introduction  to  no.  1  (the  Sha'arim),  a  question 
which  a  printed  text  of  the  Ij^lll  ''"i2?12J ,  if  one  exists,  would  decide. 
— Kalonymus  Ben  Gershon  is  mentioned  in  the  Jewish  Encyclopedia 
(s.v.  "Kalonymus"),  as  is  a  bibliography  to  be  found  in  Michael, 
Or  ha-bayyim. 

The  paper  fly-leaves  bear  watermarks  which  show  that  the  present 
binding  is  as  late  as  1814,  and  suggest  its  German  origin;  on  one,  after 
other  royal  monograms,  GR  III  Deutschlands  Erretter  und  B[efreier?]. 
On  the  other,  Der  30.  Maerz  181[4.  The  date  is  that  of  the  surrender 
of  Paris  to  the  allies.  It  is  probable  that  this  paper  was  manufactured 
within  a  year  of  that  date.  F.  1  has  been  neatly  patched  at  top  and 
bottom  with  parchment,  probably  at  the  time  of  the  rebinding.  At 
the  top  of  f .  la,  P.  v.  Bohlen  has  been  written  and  crossed  out,  at  the 
outer  corner,  and  at  the  inner,  Donum  R.  Iacub(  ?)  Hamb.  1820.  P.  von 
Bohlen,  the  orientalist  (1796-1840),  spent  much  of  his  early  life  at 
Hamburg.  He  was  professor  at  Konigsberg,  1830-1840.  The  title  and 
date  of  the  manuscript  (October,  1465)  are  written  in  a  modern  hand 
in  pencil  within  the  right-hand  cover.  Our  date  is  derived  from  the 
subscription  on  f.  125a. 


ARABIC 


ARABIC 

75.  (Arab.  1.)  The  Quran,  in  Arabic. 

Paper,  ff.  70,  supplemented  in  binding  with  8  interleaves  and  16 
leaves  at  beginning  and  at  end,  £f.  110  in  all.  On  the  new  leaves  at 
the  beginning  a  modern  hand  has  supplied  the  text  of  Sura  1 : 1 — 2 :  55, 
probably  from  a  printed  text,  leaving  alternate  leaves  blank.  Cm. 
28X19.5,  single  columns,  21  lines.  7  quires  of  10.  Old  University  of 
Chicago  Library.  University  of  Chicago  accession  251137.  Century 
XVI? 

Label:    Coran  MS. 

Contents:  The  Quran,  in  Arabic,  Suras  2:1536 — 12:45a. 

The  name  John  Hattersley  (or  -by?)  is  written  on  the  recto  of 
the  end-paper.  Inside  the  front  cover  are  book  plates  of  W.  L. 
Andrews  (three  books,  with  monogram,  and  the  name,  in  flourishes, 
below) ;  of  the  Old  University  of  Chicago  Library  (no.  5081.  Presented 
by  H.  M.  Thompson) ;  together  with  the  present  book  plate  of  the  Uni- 
versity, and  a  printed  slip  from  a  sales-catalogue:  "2781  Koran, folio, 
an  early  and  well-written  MS  in  coloured  inks,  in  the  African  character, 
188  pp."  Inside  the  last  cover  is  a  cipher  pricemark,  and  *'J.  S.  and 
Son,"  in  pencil.  On  the  front-paper  and  fly-leaf,  in  pencil,  133. 
Mss.  Arabic  Koran,  bxz.  94.  188  pages.  £1/9/.  On  f.  la  of  the  first 
added  quire,  ''Alcoran  Pr"  in  pencil.  The  traceable  owners  thus  seem 
to  have  been  John  Hattersley,  W.  L.  Andrews,  J.  S.  and  Son  (dealers), 
H.  M.  Thompson,  and  the  Old  University  of  Chicago.  The  total  of 
188  pp.  includes  the  preliminary  quire  (16  ff.),  and  the  interleaving 
(8  ff.),  which,  with  70  ff.  of  the  old  manuscript,  give  94  ff.,  188  pp. 


113 


LATER  PERSONAL  AND   MISCELLANEOUS 
MANUSCRIPTS 


LATER  PERSONAL  AND  MISCELLANEOUS  MANUSCRIPTS 

76.  Bake,   Antiquitates   Graecae. 

Paper,  ff.  132,  cm.  20.8X16.3. 

Contents:  Antiquitates  Graecae.  Prolegomena  ff.  1-7;  Pars  Prima, 
De  Rebus  Sacris,  ff.  8-101;  Pars  Altera,  Civilis,  ff.  102-130.  Verso 
blank,  except  for  occasional  notes.  Incip.:  Statim  ab  initio  hujus 
institutionis. — Explic:  mercedem  de  publico  accipiebant.  A  student's 
notes  of  lecture-dictations,  now  labeled  Ch.  Baki  dicta  in  Antiqq. 
Graec. — Jean  (Jan)  Bake,  bom  at  Leyden  1787,  became  professor  of 
Greek  and  Latin  literature  at  the  university  there  in  1815. 

77.  BoRCHARD,  Letter. 

Paper,  ff.  8,  four,  cm.  21.8X14.  l,andfour,  cm.  22.3X18.  A  letter 
in  German,  signed  Borchard,  dated  Berlin,  April  21,  1869,  dealing  chiefly 
with  a  problem  in  mathematics.  The  four  larger  leaves  are  filled  with 
mathematical  calculations.  The  address  is  missing.  BerUn  Purchase 
no.  53:  "C.  W.  Borchardt,  Letter  to  Baltzer,  relating  to  the  determin- 
ants,  with    Appendix    by    Kronecker "      (Berhn  list).     Four 

sheets  of  calculations,  beginning  Kronecker  Det.  fiir  CreUe.  J.  71., 
accompany  the  letter. 

78.  BuDDEUS,  De  Statu  Ecclesiae  Lutheranae  praesertim  de  motibus 

Pietistids  ab  A{nn)o  1688-1714. 

Paper,  ff.  148,  cm.  20.5X16.5,  single  colmnns,  22-25  lines,  pages 
numbered  1-296,  nos.  124,  125,  204  being  repeated,  and  nos.  181,  200, 
288  omitted.  39  quires  of  4,  except  20th,  21st,  34th,  and  35th  (2).  In- 
complete, wanting  concluding  quire  or  quires.  Hengstenberg.  Century 
XVIII. 

Contents:    De  Statu  Ecclesiae  Lutheranae  praesertim  de  motibus 

Pietisticis  ab  Anno  1688-1714.  Incip.:  Das  Vomehmste  also. Explic. 

alles  zu  verwerfen  und  daher  entstund.  Evidently  the  lectures  of  Bud- 
deus. 

79.  Fernan  Caballero  (Cecilia  Bohl  de  Faber),  Letters  to  M. 

Antoine  de  Latour. 
Paper,  421  letters  (originals),  in  Spanish,  dating  1856-1876.    They 
are  of  interest  for  the  literary  and  political  comments  which  they  com- 
prise.   We  owe  this  note  of  them  to  the  courtesy  of  Miss  Elizabeth 
Wallace,  who  has  undertaken  their  investigation. 

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80.  De  Die  Crudfixionis. 

Paper,  ff.  8,  cm.  20.7X17.5,  paged  33-47;  pp.  1-32  missing.  Early 
XIX  century. 

Incip.:  apud  Marcum  omnis  sententiae  vis  ponitur  in  bis  illud. — 
Explic:  Nos  vero  nunc  verbis  finiamus:  Loquere  Domine,  servus  tuus 
audit. — No  label.  The  contention  is  that  Christ  held  the  passover 
supper  on  the  night  of  the  14th  of  Nisan,  and  was  put  to  death  on  the 
15th,  p.  42. 

81.  Dissertation  sur  le  Commerce  des  Anciens. 

Paper,  ff.  34,  cm.  19.7X15.6,  in  one  quire,  one  column,  imruled, 
the  margin  on  the  inner  side  of  the  page.  Berlin  Purchase  no.  54. 
Century  XIX. 

Title,  as  above,  f.  la.  Incip.:  on  pent  appeller  le  commerce  una 
Sorte  de  communication  que  les  hommes  forment  entre  eux. — Explic: 
de  la  plus  grande  partie  des  ouvrages  que  Ton  a  ecrit  sur  cette  matiere. 
—FIN.    At  the  end  6  ff.  are  left  blank. 

82.  J.  Geel,  Over  de  Brieven  van  Tzetzes. 

Paper,  ff .  6,  in  3  quires  of  2  each,  another  leaf  being  folded  about  the 
whole  for  a  cover,  single  columns  of  27  lines;  pp.  1,  5,  and  8  numbered. 

On  the  first  recto  of  the  covering  leaf  is  the  title:  Over  de  Brieven 
van  Tzetzes.  Incip.,  f.  la."  De  Chiliaden  van  Joaimes  Tzetzes. 
— Explic,  f .  66;  zoodat  de  uitgaaf  onder  bescherming  van  det  Instituut 
geschie  dde.  J.  Geel.  5.  Oct.  1826. — This  little  treatise,  unbound,  ac- 
companies the  manuscript  of  the  Tzetzes  letters,  no.  56. 

83.  George  B.  Ide,  Record  of  Marriages  solemnized  in  Springfield, 

Mass.,   1852-72. 
Paper,  ff.  42,  cm.  29X21 .5;  7  quires  of  12,  single  columns. 

84.  Le  Jeune-Dirichlet,  Theorie  der  Zahlen. 

Paper,  ff .  72+7+6,  cm.  21.2X16.8.    Berlin,  Sommersemester,  1841. 

Contents:  Notes  of  Wm.  Gallenkamp,  stud,  math.,  on  Theorie  der 
Zahlen  nach  Prof.  Le  Jeune-Dirichlet.  7  loose  leaves  with  trimmed 
edges,  in  the  rear,  are  inscribed  "  Zahlentheorie."  6  other  loose  leaves, 
with  untrimmed  edges,  bear  the  superscription:  "Theorie  der  complexen 
Zahlen  Auszug  aus  dem  Dirichletschen  Vortrag  vom  Sommers.  1842 
(21  Mai  1843).  The  bound  notes  have  page  numbering  as  far  as  the 
writing  goes.  10  ff.  in  the  back  are  left  blank.  The  seven  loose  ff. 
on  the  "  Zahlentheorie  "  have  a  folio  numbering. 

85.  Le  Jeune-Dirichlet,  Ueber  hestimmte  Integrale. 

Paper,  ff.  138,  cm.  21.2X17.5.    Berlin,  Wintersemester,  1841-1842. 
Contents:  Notes  of  Wm.  Gallenkamp,  stud,  math.,  Ueber  bestimmte 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  119 

Integrale  nach  Prof.  Lejeune-Dirichlet,  ff.  1-98;  on  Anwendung  der 
Lehre  von  den  bestimmten  Integralen.  Lejeune-Dirichlet,  publice, 
f.  100-122;  Anhang.  Darstellung  ganz  willkurlicher  Funktionen  der 
Sinus  und  Cosinusreihen,  von  Lejeune-Dirichlet  (aus  Dove's  Repertorium 
fur  Physik,  Bd.  1,  1837,  123-138).  Loose  in  the  rear  of  the  volume 
is  a  printed  Verzeichniss  der  in  Lejeune-Dirichlet's  Werke  aufzuneh- 
menden  Arbeiten  und  Notizen. 

86.  Le    Jeune-Dirichlet,    Integration    der    partiellen   Differential- 

gleichungen,  etc. 

Paper,  ff.  16,  cm.  20.1X16.1.     Berlin,  Wintersemester,   1840-41. 

Contents:  Notes  of  Wm.  Gallenkamp  on  Integration  der  partiellen 
Differentialgleichungen  und  deren  Anwendung  auf  Physik  nach  Prof. 
Dr.  Lejeune-Dirichlet. 

87.  J.  VAN  Lennep,  Letter. 

Paper,  1  f.,  cm.  19.5X23.5,  24  lines. 

Contents:  Letter  relating  to  ''Heer  Geel"  and  his  project  of  pub- 
lishing the  Tzetzes  letters,  signed  D.  J.  van  Lennep.  Without  date. 
Probably  1826-1830.  Geel's  treatise  is  dated  September,  1826,  and 
this  letter  was  probably  written  soon  after;  cf.  nos.  56,  82. 

88.  Letters,  with  Odyssey  scholia. 

Paper,  ff.  2  (one  sheet,  cm.  34.5X20.5,  folded  once). 

Contents:  A  letter  in  German,  quoting  two  scholia  in  Greek  on 
Homer,  Odyssey,  a,  1  and  371  respectively.  Incip.:  Ich  schicke  Ihnen 
hier  eine  Dissertation  damit  Sie  sehen  ob  Sie  sie  bei  Ihrer  pythago- 
raischen  Untersuchung  brauchen  Konnen. — Explic:  ifx-ixeXux;  (e/u,)u,eXoSs 
emend.  Mai.)  dp/xovtas- — There  is  no  heading  nor  subscription. — The 
address,  which  corresponds  to  the  letter  in  hand  and  ink,  is  on  the  lower 
half  of  f .  2b;  written  at  right  angles  to  the  direction  of  the  lines  of  the 
letter,  and  reads:  E.(?).  Schleiermacherf  Nebst  1  Buch.— A  note  in 
another  hand  was  written  on  the  upper  half  of  f.  2a,  the  writing  being 
at  right  angles  to  that  of  the  former  letter,  as  follows:  Ich  soil  Ihnen 
von  Goschen  sagen  dasz  das  Einliegende  die  griechische  Probeschrift 
sey  von  welcher  Sie  wiiszten.  (Signed)  Catrina  Goschen.— The  names, 
carelessly  written,  are  not  altogether  certain.  The  address  correspond- 
ing to  this  note  is  on  the  lower  half  of  the  original  f.  16,  reading:  Herrn 
Professor  [[G]]  Buttmann. 

89.  Marheinecke,    Encyclopddie;     Neander,    Anthropologie    und 

Christologie. 
Paper,  ff.  172,  cm.  23 . 1 X 19,  one  column  of  varying  size  and  number 
of  lines.     Berlin,  1822-23. 


120  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

Contents:  Encyclopadie  der  theolog.  Wissenschaften  nach  dem 
Vortrage    des    Prof.    Dr.    Marheinecke  ....  von   August    Friedrich 

22 

Heese.  Berlin  im  Wintersemester  I823  ....  Anthropologie  und 
Christologie  nach  dem  Vortrage  des  Prof.  Dr.  Neander. — Mar- 
heinecke's  Encyclopadie  occupies  ff.  1-89;  Neander's  Anthropologie 
und  Cliristologie,  ff.  92-172. 

90.  P.   Mullenhof(?),  Glossarium  Germanicum. 

Paper,  ff.  57,  cm.  20.6X17,  2  columns,  no  rulings.  Berlin  Pur- 
chase no.  59.     1800-1850. 

Contents:  f.  lo,  "Glossarium  German."  With  a  table  of  contents: 
(1)  Glossarium  Ulfilanum;  (2)  Lexicon  Alamannicum  saec.  XII;  (3) 
Rhabani  Mauri  glossae  de  partib.  humani  corp.;  (4)  Lexicon  Runicum 
Magni  Olavi  et  01.  Wormii;  (5)  01.  Wormii  lexicon  in  Biarkamal; 
(6)  Lexicon  Teutonicum;  (7)  Idioticon  Ravensbergense.  On  the  verso 
is  a  small  (incomplete?)  Index  glossarum  veterum.  Swedish  gram- 
matical material  is  added  on  f.  56,  The  Berlin  list  says  that  these 
glossaries  are  P.  Miillenhof  s. 

91.  J.  L.  NiERSTRASz,  Jr.,  Letter. 

Paper,  f.  1,  cm.  21 . 1 X  20 . 7,  18  lines. 

Contents:  A  letter,  in  Dutch,  of  J.  L.  Nierstrasz,  Jr.,  the  Dutch 
poet,  dated  Rotterdam,  April  11,  1823.  The  address  is  missing. — 
In  the  same  folder  with  the  letter  is  a  copper  plate  portrait  of  J.  L. 
Nierstrass,  Jr.  The  inscription  on  the  folder  makes  its  contents  a  part 
(no.  3135)  of  a  collection  of  autograph  letters,  etc.,  "d^laiss^s  par  feu 
Mr.  J.  Baart  de  la  Faille,"  etc.,  sold  at  pubhc  auction  November  3, 
1868,  by  G.  Theod.  Bom,  dealer  in  antiquities  at  Amsterdam. 

92.  Peerlkamp,  Historia  Universalis,  vol.  2,     Lecture  notes. 

Paper,  ff.  192,  cm.  20.5X16.2.  Versos  usually  blank.  Leyden, 
1822-49. 

Contents:  Historia  Universalis  a  divisione  regni  Carolingici  ad 
hanc  memoriam  a  P.  Hofman  Peerlkamp  Philos:  Theor:  et  literarum 
humaniorum  Prof:  Lugduni  Batavorum.  Incip.:  Praefatio.  Post- 
quam  in  libros  absolvimus,  f.  la. — Index  Capitum,  ff.  188a-1896. — 
Peerlkamp  (1786-1865)  was  professor  at  Leyden  1822-1849.  These 
are  probably  a  student's  notes  of  his  lecture  dictations. 

93.  Schirmer,  Scheibel,  Bernstein,  etc.,  Lecture-notes. 

Paper,  ff.  397,  cm.  19.8X16.2  (21.2X17),  one  column  of  varying 
size  and  number  of  lines.     1821-1823. 

Label:  Schirmers  Leben  Jesu  und  Bild  des  wahren  Theologen, 
Scheibels  Jiid.  Archaologie  u.  Jesaias:   Passow,  Virgilius  bucolica. 


UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    LIBRARIES  121 

Contents:  Lecture-notes  of  Chr.  Fr.  Gottl.  Singer  d.  G.  G.  B.;  at 
Breslau?  from  the  lectures  of  Schirmer,  Scheibel,  Bernstein,  Dereser, 
V.  d.  Hagen,  and  Steffens,  on  biblical  and  literary  subjects. 

94.  Friedrich  von  Schlegel,  Grdhersymbolik. 

Paper,  ff,  202,  cm.  23.5X18.5.  Berlin  Collection  no.  51.  Versos 
usually  blank.  Two  printed  plates  (from  Vaterl.  Archiv.  II)  inserted 
as  illustrations  with  f.  92;  another  (Der  Wildstein)  with  f.  98.  The 
manuscript  is  probably  in  the  hand  of  Friedrich  von  Schlegel  (1772- 
1829) .     Early  XIX  century. 

95.  Papers  relating  to  the  Scottish  Peerage. 

Paper,  ff.  117,  in  12  packets,  1  to  16 ff.  each,  cm.  25X20.2.  In- 
scribed sometimes  in  pages,  sometimes  lengthwise,  as  foolscap,  in  two  or 
three  modern  hands.  Once  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Crawford  and 
Balcarres,  who  seems  to  have  written  most  of  them,  and  collected  the 
rest.  Once  the  property  of  Carl  Hopf,  whose  label  (Bibliotheca  Caroli 
Hopfii,  no.  1073,  etc.)  is  attached  to  most  of  them. 

Label :  Scottish  Peerage  by  the  Earl  of  Crawford  and  Balcarres. 

Contents:  Genealogical  lists  and  pedigrees  of  certain  noble  Scottish 
families:  Ancient  kings  of  Scotland,  ff.  16;  Stewarts  descended  from 
Robert,  Duke  of  Albany,  ff.  2;  Douglas  and  Angus,  ff.  5;  De  Candela 
de  Anstruther,  ff.  4,  etc.  References  to  Skene's  work  on  the  Highlanders 
of  Scotland,  and  Douglas'  Peerage  and  Baronage  of  Scotland  indicate 
the  sources  used. 

96.  Supplemente  zu  Noesselts  Anweisung  zu  theolog.  Biichertiteln  3. 

Paper,  several  hundred  ff.,  cm.  20.5X17,  most  of  them  blank,  but 
containing  here  and  there  notes  on  books  and  reviews.  Written  soon 
after  1800. 

Contents:  Supplemente  zu  Dr.  Joh.  Aug.  Noesselt's  Anweisimg 
zur  Kenntniss  der  besten  allgemeinern  Buecher  in  alien  Theilen  der 
Theologie.    4*^  verb.  u.  s.  vermehrte  Auflage,  Leipzig,  1800. 

97.  Friedrich  Vater,  et  al..  Notes,  Lectures  and  Essays  on  Greek 

Literature. 

Paper,  ff.  331,  of  various  sizes,  besides  loose  miscellaneous  letters. 
Berlin  Purchase  no.  58.     1833-49. 

Contents :  Curae  Criticae  in  Scholia  Vaticana  ad  Euripidis  Rhesum : 
Berolini  iii.  Calend.  Jul.  MDCCCXXXIV.  Auctore  Friderico  Vatero, 
Regimontano,  ff.  22,  cm.  35.2X22. — Vater,  De  dupUce  Hippolyti 
Euripidei  recensione,  ff.  14,  cm.  17.5X22,  dated  November  1834; 
in  an  earlier  draft,  ff.  4. — Vater,  Miscellanea  Critica,  ff.  36,  cm.  18X22; 
and  ff.  9,  cm.  26.6X21. — Vater,  De  Isocratis   qui   fertur   Epistolis, 


122  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

various  parts  and  drafts,  ff.  42,  cm.  17.5X21.5. — Collectanea  Varia; 
ff.  195,  of  all  sizes.  Loose  notes  and  scattered  papers,  for  the  most 
part  by  Vater  and  on  classical  subjects.  The  last  30  of  these,  in  fools- 
cap sizes,  are  from  another  hand. — Mythologia  Graeca.  Lectiones  ord. 
professoris  Vateri.  Pertinent  stud.  Izaaco  Popoff .  IL  1849  anni  4  Novemb.  | 

Kazani.     Ff.  28,  cm.  17.5X22.    A  student's  lecture-notes.  ; 

98.  Peter  Wesseling,  Dictata  ad  Suetonium.  | 

Paper,  340  ff.,  cm.  20.7X16.4,  in  85  quires  of  4,  single  columns,  ' 

33-40  lines.    Versos  usually  blank.    Utrecht,  1746.  I 

Contents:    Peter  Wesseling,  Lectures  on  Suetonius,  Lives  of  the  | 

Caesars:   Augustus,  ch.  25. — Otho,  ch.  12.     On  the  fly-leaf,  a:    Viri  ' 

Celeberrimi    Petri   Wesselingii   J.  U.  D.    Juris   Naturae   publicique,  '■ 

nee  non  Historiarum,  Eloquentiae,  Linguaeque  Graecae  in  Alma  Trajec-  ) 
tina  Professoris  Dictata  Ad  Suetonium  Altero  Semestri    Anno  1746. 

mense  Jan.    G.  R.    Probably  the  notes  taken  by  a  student  at  Utrecht,  ; 
in  1746. 


APPENDIX  I 

99.  Regulae  Grammaticae  et  Rhetoricae. — Ovidius,  De  Remedio  Amoris. 

Paper,  ff.  155,  cm.  29X21.5,  in  quires  asually  of  10;  single  columns, 
32-36  lines;  in  the  De  Remedio,  25  lines.  Quire  signatures  usually  set  in  a 
vignette.  Elaborately  written  in  colors,  with  elegant  capitals.  Berlin 
Purchase  nos.  16,  15.     Century  XIV-XV. 

Label:  Gram.  Rhet.  Inc.  Auth.  Ovidii  De  Arte  Amandi.  Codex  Cartac. 
The  book  is  bound  like  Diodorus  (no.  14)  and  has  on  the  covers  the  same 
arms,  apparently  those  of  Cardinal  Braschi  (afterward  Pius  VI).  Like  nos, 
1,  5,  11,  etc.,  it  has  the  rectangular  label  numbered  in  roman,  and  over  it 
the  oval  label  which  appears  on  nos.  2,  6,  12,  etc. 

Contents:  I.  Grammatical  and  Rhetorical  Treatises,  ff.  1-145.  11. 
Ovidius,  De  Remedio  Amoris,  ff.  146-155. 

1.  1.  Regulae  Grammaticae  (first  11  ff.  wanting),  ff.  la-1076.  Incip.: 
Tractaturi  de  verbis  inpersonalibus.  Above,  In  individue  trinitatis  nomine 
amen. 

2.  Regulae  Rhetoricae,  ff.  108a-119a.  Incip.:  Quoniam  facultas  reto- 
rice. 

3.  Tractatus  Epistolarum,  ff.  119a-1336.  Incip.:  Quoniam  Dictamen 
tripliciter  dividitur. 

4.  Grammatical  summaries  and  paradigms,  ff.  134o-1456.  Incip.: 
Quot  sint  artes  liberales.  Artes  liberales  sunt  septem. — Explic:  Et  hec  de 
Verbis  Personalibus  et  Inpersonalibus  dicta  Sufficiant.     Deo  gracias  Amen. 

II.  Ovidius,  De  Remedio  Amoris,  1-472,  ff.  146a-1556.  The  text  is 
introduced  by  a  long  note  in  the  hand  which  wrote  the  scholia :  Incipit  liber 
de  remedio  amoris.  In  principio  huius  libri. — The  De  Remedio  Amoris 
follows.  Incip.:  [L]egerat  huius  amor  titulum  nomenque  libelli. — Explic: 
Quam  posscam  reddi  calcas  tutus  ope  accellis.  Incomplete. — The  latter 
part  has  been  largely  retraced. 


APPENDIX  II 

The  Berlin  Purchase  included  among  its  manuscripts  three  letters 
purporting  to  have  been  written  by  Raphael.  The  great  interest  and  value 
of  these  letters,  if  genuine,  led  us  to  examine  somewhat  closely  into  their 
authenticity,  and  although  we  have  been  compelled  to  condemn  them  as 
modern  imitations,  and  so  to  exclude  them  from  our  list,  it  seems  worth 
while  to  describe  and  print  them  as  instructive  examples  of  skilful  manu- 
script imitation,  and  because  the  grounds  of  our  decision  may  be  of  interest. 
The  Berlin  List,  no.  60,  says  of  them:  Sanzio,  Raffaele,  the  famous  painter. 
Three  original  autograph  letters,  1515-1516. 

123 


124  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

It  must  be  remembered  that  there  are  in  existence  but  five  letters  of 
Raphael  of  acknowledged  authenticity:  those  to  Simone  Ciarla,  to  Domenico 
di  Paris  Alfani,  and  to  Francesco  Francia,  written  in  1508;  to  Simone  Ciarla, 
written  in  1514,  and  to  Baldassare  Castiglione,  written  probably  in  1515. 
The  temptation  to  forge  Raphael  letters  would  thus  be  strong,  and  may  have 
been  given  a  special  direction  forty  years  ago  by  the  identification  by  Alfred 
de  Reumont,^  of  the  "Canossa  Madonna"  described  by  Vasari,  and  long 
supposed  to  be  lost,  with  the  Madorma  of  the  Pearl  (La  Perla)  in  the  Prado 
Museum  at  Madrid.  It  is  to  that  picture  that  these  letters,  whether  gen- 
uine or  not,  clearly  relate.  The  "Canossa  Madonna"  is  described  by 
Vasari  in  his  sketch  of  Raphael,  as  follows: 

To  Verona  Raphael  sent  a  large  picture  of  no  less  excellence,  for  the  Count 
of  Canossa.  The  subject  is  the  Nativity  of  Our  Lord,  admirably  treated, 
the  daybreak  in  particular,  as  here  portrayed,  has  been  highly  commended, 
and  the  same  may  be  said  of  the  figure  of  Sa'  Anna  and  indeed  of  the  whole 
work,  which  one  could  not  extol  more  effectually  than  by  the  simple  asser- 
tion, that  it  is  by  the  hand  of  Raphael  da  Urbino.  The  Counts  hold  this 
picture  in  the  highest  estimation,  as  it  well  deserves;  very  great  sums  have 
been  offered  to  them  for  it  by  different  princes,  but  they  have  never  been 
prevailed  upon  to  part  with  it. — Vasari,  Lives  of  the  Painters,  III,  178 
(Blashfield-Hopkins  ed.). 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  first  of  the  following  letters  apologizes  for 
the  artist's  delay  in  completing  the  picture;  the  second  seeks  instructions  as 
to  forwarding  it  to  Verona,  and  the  third  explains  that  Count  Gerolamo  di 
Canossa  is  to  take  it  thither.  v 

1.  Raphaello   Sanzio(?).     Letter  to   Lodovico  di   Canossa,    Bishop   of 
Bayeux. 

Paper,  f.  1,  cm.  31.5X19.3,  folded  to  a  size  cm.  6X11.7.  The  paper 
is  old  and  fine,  but  has  the  look  of  a  fly-leaf  from  an  old  book.  The  hand 
is  much  like  Raphael's  and  is  identical  with  that  of  Letter  2,  but  is  not  quite 
that  of  Letter  3.  The  ink  is  the  same  as  that  used  in  Letter  2,  showing  a 
slightly  pinkish  tinge,  unlike  the  yellow-brown  to  which  sixteenth-century 
inks  usually  fade.  The  sheet  has  been  badly  spotted  by  damp  at  top  and 
bottom,  and  where  the  ink  has  been  washed  out,  traces  of  pencil  marks 
appear  under  the  letters.     Dated  August  7,  1515. 

Ill(ustrissi)mo  Monsignor  Vescovo 
Ricevo  in  questo  punto  una  letera  da  mio  carissimo  zio  Simone  de  Batisto 
da  Urbino  per  quale  ho  inteso  comejs.]]  V(uostra)  R(everenza)  aspeta  con 

ansieta  la  Tavola 
de  la  madonna  certo  li  so  ubligatissimo  quanto  che  a  omo  che  viva  di  essere 
stimato  degno  di  servirla  che  ne  sento  molto  onore.     lo  prego  compatirmi 
e  perdonarmi  la  dilazione  e  la  lunghezza  de  lo  mio  operato  che  per  le  gravi 
ocupazioni  come  sa  non  ho  potuto  prima  satisfare  In  per  altro  non  sono 

1  Jahrbucher  fiir  Kunstwissenschaft,  II  (1869),  250  ff. 


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finora  lontano  da  fare  fine  che  presto  non  le  possa  dare  awiso.     V.  la  tavola 
non  faro  pregio  staro  se  vuole  che  vada  a  stima  e  come  suo  antico 
servitore  mi  aricomando  li  vii  agosto.  M.D.XV 

V(uostro)  raphaello  sanzio  dipintore 
in  Roma 
Verso: 

Al  Ill(ustrissi)mo  Monsignor 
Vescovo  di  Bajus 
M(esser)  conte  Lodovico  di 

Canossa 
In  Parigi 

In  1.  8,  In  has  perhaps  been  erased.  In  1.  9,  V.  suggests  Vuostra,  but 
perhaps  means  Verso,  i.e.,  "regarding." 

The  date  is  unfortunately  somewhat  obscured  by  damp.  It  seems  to  be 
MDXV,  but  might  possibly  be  read  MDXIV  or  MDXVI.  But  the  Diario 
of  Marino  Sanuto,  the  journal  of  a  privileged  functionary  of  the  papal 
court,  reports  that  Renato  di  Prie,  who  preceded  Canossa  in  the  bishopric 
of  Bayeux,  died  on  August  14,  1516.  Either  reading  of  the  date  is 
thus  at  variance  with  the  facts  as  to  the  succession  of  Lodovico  to  the 
bishopric  of  Bayeux,  for  on  August  7,  1516,  Renato  was  still  alive.  A 
further  objection  to  the  genuineness  of  the  letter  lies  in  the  extent  to  which 
its  language  resembles  that  of  the  Simone,  Francia,  and  Castiglione  letters 
pubUshed  by  Passavant,  which  is  certainly  closer  than  we  should  expect. 
Batisto  is  a  mistake  for  Batista,  and  aricomando  betrays  another  over- 
sight.    On  the  whole  this  letter  seems  quite  clearly  spurious. 

2.  Raphaello  Sanzio(  ?).     Letter  to  Coimt  Galeasso  di  Canossa. 

Paper,  f.  1.,  cm.  30x19.3.  Folded  to  a  size  cm.  6X13.  The  paper 
is  much  as  in  the  preceding,  but  with  a  different  water  mark — three  large 
capital  letters  triangularly  set.  The  hand  and  ink  are  as  in  Letter  1.  The 
sheet  looks  like  an  old  fly-leaf.     Dated  April  30,  1516. 

Signor  Conte 
Monsignor  Lodovico  marchese  di  Canossa  Vescovo  di  Bajus  mi  ha  scritto 
dalla  francia  che  la  tavola  della  madona  laqualle  si  trova 
da  mia  mano  conpinta  voglia  spedirla  a  vostra  Signoria  in 
Verona,  inpertanto  credo  aura  ricevuto  notizia  da  monsignor 
V(escov)o  come  anche  mi  scrisse  che  fara  awiso  ora  aspetto  la 
determinazione  di  V(uostra)  S(ignoria)  a  cui  mi  aricomando.    li  xxx  aprUe 
M.D.XVI. 

Vu(ostro)  raphaello  sanzio  dipintore 
in  Roma 
Verso: 

Al  Ill(ustrissi)mo  S(ignor)  M(esser)  Conte 
Galeasso  di  Canossa 
In  Verona 

3.  Raphaello  Sanzio (?),  Letter  to  Coimt  Galeasso  di  Canossa. 

Paper,  f.  1,  cm.  28.8X20.5.  Carefully  folded  to  a  size  of  cm.  10. 7 X 
6.3,  so  as  to  constitute  its  own  envelope,  and  addressed.  The  paper  is  old 
and  fine,  but  has  the  appearance  of  having  been  a  fly-leaf  torn  from  an  old 
folio.  The  sheet  has  been  patched  with  paper  strips  pasted  on  the  verso. 
The  hand  is  very  neat,  and  much  resembles  that  of  Raphael  as  shown  in 
facsimiles  of  his  writing,  e.g.,  the  incomplete  sonnet  on  a  Vienna  sketch  for 


126  CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 

the  "Disputa"  (Knackfuss,  Raffael,  p.  63),  and  a  letter  of  less  certain 
authenticity  reproduced  by  Deschamps  in  the  Gazette  des  Beaux-Arts,  I 
(1859),  p.  109.  It  is  much  like  the  facsimile  given  by  Pini,  in  La  Scrittura 
di  Artisti  Italiani.  It  is  less  like  the  hand  of  the  Raphael  sonnet  in  the 
British  Museum,  with  which  Mr.  Kenyon  has  very  kindly  compared  a 
photograph  for  us,  yet  not  hopelessly  unlike  even  that.  The  fly-leaf  char- 
acter of  the  sheet,  however,  the  change  of  non  to  no,  and  the  attempted 
correction  of  dipitore  to  dipintore  in  the  signature,  together  with  the  evident 
spuriousness  of  the  two  letters  which  accompany  this  one,  make  strongly 
against  its  genuineness.     Dated  October  23,  1516. 

Ill(ustrissi)mo  S(ignor)  M(esser)  conte  dj  Canossa 
Jo  ho  avuta  gran  ventura  di  parlare  con  lo  Ill(ustrissi)mo  S(ignor)  M(esser) 

abbate  conte  Gerolamo 
di  Canossa  che  con  tuta  conpiacenza  onoro  di  sua  persona  la  mia  Casa 
e  vide  la  Tavola  che  si  trova  finita  come  feci  saputo  da  una  mia  scrita 
mostro  molta  sodisfazione  per  la  tanta  sua  laude  se  io  non  sapesi  qual  nobile 
persona  che  e  mi  crederei  per  adulato  ma  essa  Tavola  e  come  le  mie  forze 
sepe  fare  non  quanto  al  mio  giudizio  desiderava  ma  fu  certo  la  sua  bonta 
alia  sua  partenza  da  Roma  ha  deciso  portarla  con  esso  rillu(strissi)mo 

S(ignor)  abb  (at)  e  e 
pensare  per  fino  a  Verona  e  io  stesso  faro  nel  modo  miliore  che  nel  Viagio 
non  abia  dano.     con  la  riceputa  de  lo  prezio  avuto  unita  a  quattre  disegno 
di  mia  mano.     la  Pregio  di  far  li  atti  di  mia  servitu  in  ocorenza  col  Ill(ustrissi) 

(mo)  S(ignor)  M(esser) 
conte  Mons(igno)r  Ve(sco)vo  di  Baius  domandando  perdonanza  de  ogni  mia 

mancamento 
e  sempre  obligatissimo  mi  comandi  li  xxiii  de  viiibre  M.D.XVI 

Vuostro  raphaello  dipitore 
in  Roma 
Verso: 

Al  Ill(ustrissi)mo  S(ignor)  M(esser)  Conte 
Galeasso  di  Canossa 
In  Verona 

In  the  date  other  letters  (XX  ?)  were  written  after  M  and  then  erased. 
In  the  signature  dipitore  was  probably  written,  which  the  writer  then  sought 
to  change  to  dipintore. 

The  watermark  is  not  clear.  It  is  most  like  an  Italian  type  assigned 
by  Bricquet  to  the  fifteenth  century  (no.  3726,  Palermo  1476),  though  not 
identical  with  it. 

Passavant  published  the  known  letters  of  Raphael  in  his  Life  of  Raphael 
in  1835;  an  account  of  the  Canossa  family,  particularly  of  its  leading  figure 
Lodovico,  appeared  in  Verona  in  1845;  de  Reumont  identified  the  Canossa 
Madonna  with  the  Pearl  at  Madrid  in  1869,  and  in  1869-71  Pini  began  his 
publication  of  La  Scrittura  di  Artisti  Italiani,  Sec.  XIV-XVII — a  series  of 
facsimiles  of  handwriting.  Acquaintance  with  these  materials  would  fairly 
equip  a  skilful  imitator  of  the  antique  for  the  turning  out  of  such  Raphael 
letters.  There  is  more  to  be  said  for  Letter  3  than  for  the  others,  yet  the 
touches  we  have  mentioned  tend  to  condemn  this  letter  along  with  the 
others. 


INDEX 


MS 


Aegidius  .... 

Alafrancus  de  Orlano 

Alberti      .... 

Albertus  Magnus   . 

Albertus   Theotonicus    (Teutonicus? 

Alexander  VI 

Alexius,  St.      . 

Amarcius  G  alius 

Ambrosio,  Paolo  d' 

Ambrosius  Camaldulensis 

American  Bible  Union  . 

Amos        .... 

Andreas  de  Ysernia 

Angelus  de  Arecio 

Angelus  de  Castillono    . 

Angelus  de  Merianis 

Angelus  de  Perusio 

Anjou  documents 

Antonius,  St.  . 

Antonius  de  Praesebris 

Argyropylus,  lohannes 

Aristoteles 

Athanasius 

Augustinus 

Averroes 


Baldus      .... 
Baldus,  J.  E.  . 
Baldus  de  Perusio  . 
Baptista  de  Malatis 
Baronius,  Caesar    . 
Bartholus  de  Saxoferrato 
Basilius  Magnus 
BeUus  Ser  Angeli  de  Callio 
Benedictus  de  Perusio  . 
Benedictus  XIV 
Bemardus  Clarevalenis 
Bernstein 
Bible:  II  Kings 

Gospels 

Epistles 
Blasius,  Angelus 
Blasius  de  Parma 
Boccaccio 
Bohlen,  P.  von 
Boivlnus 
Boschi 
Brandolini 
Breviario  de  Amor 
BuUs,  Papal 
Buttmann 


47,48 


No. 
22 


3 

58 

61 

4 

73 

15 

24 

24 

41 

8 

6 

6 

6 

41 

45 

6 

5 

5,  10 

45 

42 

3 


19 


,49 
6 
35 
12 
6 
45 
32 


93 
38 
46 
50 
57 
10 


74 
51 
7 
62 
63 
,41 


MS  No. 

C  alder  inus 

11 

Camillus  Brimellus 

15 

Carthusiensis  Conventus  Erffordi 

16,25 

Choricius  Sophistes 

.      55 

Clodivis,  Sextus 

.      12 

Columna,  Ascanius 

.      13 

Combeflus,  lo.  Fr. 

.      34 

Correa,  Alexo  Salgado  . 

.      64 

Cosimo  de'  Medici 

5,  15 

Crawford  and  Balcarres, 

Earl  of. 

.      95 

Diodorus  Siciilus 14 

Diogenes  Laertius  ....      15 

Erfurt 16,25 

Eusebius 17, 18 

Evangelia  Graeca 46 

EvangeUorum  Harmonia       ...      19 


Peltrius,  Horatius 

20 

Fides  Caietana 

21 

Filocolo,  11      ...        . 

57 

Florins,  loannes 

7 

Franciscus  de  Altergotis 

6 

Franciscus  Martin. 

9 

Franciscus  de  Ramporibus   . 

6 

Franciscus  Stea  de  Neapoli 

40 

Gallenkamp,  W.     . 

84,  85,  86 

Georgius  Hamartolus 

.      47 

Girardiis  Senensis  . 

22 

Glycas,  Michael 

48.49 

Gregorio,  S.     . 

.      59 

Gregorius  Ariminensis 

.      22 

Gregorius  Florellius 

45,53 

Gregorius  Nazianzenus 

52,53 

Guarinus  Veronensis 

.      35 

Guido  de  Monte  Rotherii 

.      23 

Gulielmus  de  Perniio     . 

.      41 

Hebrew  Tracts 

.      74 

Heliogabalus  . 

.      32 

Hengstenberg 

19,25 

44,  68,  74 

Herennius 

.      22 

Hieronymus    . 

17,  24,  25 

Honofrius  de  Perusio 

6 

Honorius  IV    . 

.      41 

Hopf,  Carl 

72,95 

Horatius 

.      27 

Hours,  Book  of 

26 

127 


128 


CATALOGUE    OF    MANUSCRIPTS 


MS  No. 

lacobus  de  Belviso 

6 

lacobus  Bructicarius 

6 

Interdicto,  De 

.      23 

lohanes  Caminus  (?)     . 

.       19 

lohannes  de  Casali 

6 

loharmes  de  Lignano 

6 

Isaiah 

25 

Isidorus  Hispalensis 

28 

luvenal    

29 

Kalonymiis      .... 

74 

Ijand  leases     .... 

71 

Laurentius  de  Pensaiiro 

32 

Lection  arliim 

.      50 

Lentiilus,  epistola  . 

.      22 

Leo  Magnus    .... 

.      30 

Leonardus  Aretinus 

12,31,  32,35 

Liptrott,  John 

69 

Longobardae  Legis,  Extr.  de 

Casibiis       6 

Lucanus  .        .        .        . 

.      33 

MablUon          .... 

.      65 

Maria  di  Nargarado 

19 

Marracius        .... 

.      21 

Martial 

11 

Mathesius        .... 

.       68 

Medicinis,  Receptarium  de  . 

.      36 

Messala,  M 

12 

Modena 

.      23 

Narrative   of   a    Dutch    Embassy    to 

Morroco 72 

Neander 89 

Nicephorus  Gregoras     .        .        .        .51 
Nicetas  Serronius  .        .        .  52, 53 

Nicholas  V 12,  14 

Nicholo  da  Osino 23 

Nonnus 53 

Olaf,  St 73 

Ossunae  dux 20 

Ovidius 99 

Paganinus  de  Sala          ....  6 

Passioneo,  Cardinal       ....  7 

Paiily 66 

Petrus  de  Fundis 37 

Petrus  de  Perusio 6 

Petrus  Veronensis           ....  34 


Philip  II 
Phihp  III 
Philosophorum  Errores 
Vitae    . 


Pius  VI    . 

Plutarch 

Poggius    . 

Proclus 

Procopius 

Prosper  of  Aquitaine 

Quran 


14,4' 


Raho,  Antonius  de, 

Raimundus,  Valentiae 

Rammelsberg 

Ranee,  de         .        .        . 

Razzi,  Seraflno 

Receptarium  de  Medicinis 

Riccardus,  Celius   . 

Robertus  Anglicus 

Rohis,  lacobus  de 

Rubricae 

Ruflnus    .... 

Rufus,  Sextus 


episcopus 


Saga  of  St.  Olaf      . 

Savonarola 

Scheibel,  Lecture  Notes 

Schleiermacher 

Sebastianus  Neapolltanus 

Segreti  Antichi 

Seneca,  Pseudo- 

Servetus 

Spata,  lohannes 

Spence,  Joseph 


Thomas  de  Argentina    . 
Thomas  de  Vicentiis  de  Fano 
Torley,  J.  H. 
Tournon,  Cardinal  di 
Tzetzes,  loannes 


Vincencius  .  .  .  .  de  Neapoli 
Vincentius  Paganus 


48, 


MS  No. 
64 
12 
22 
15 
49,  65,  99 
.  35 
14,35 
54 
55 
17 

75 


,34, 


37,40 
23 
68 
65 
62 
36 
10 
3 
.      39 
37,  39,  40 
18 
12 


Wachter,  J.  G. 


.      73 

58,62 

.      93 

.      88 

41 

36 

42 

43 

.      40 

70 


.  22 
.  31 
72 
.  60 
56,82 

40 
34 

.      44 


Zalycos,  G.  G. 
Zygmunt,  Weglewski 


56 
29 


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